Job This is Oracle's OEM add-on right? Not trying to denigrate, just not sure what non -extra-cost options they have that do this Niall On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Job Miller <jobmiller@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Oracle's Data Masking can fulfill both #1 and #2. > > > > Currently #2 is only for user-defined masks. I believe Oracle is working > on some deterministic maskings for the various templates they otherwise > pre-deliver. > > > > Job > > --- On *Mon, 7/28/08, David Boyd <davidb158@xxxxxxxxxxx>* wrote: > > From: David Boyd <davidb158@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: data masking > To: "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, July 28, 2008, 10:34 AM > > > We need ship an entire schema to another site. Some data is sensitive, > which we'd like to mask with substitution. Our requirements are: > > 1. Table-Table Data Synchronization > > A column is a join key to a column in one (or more) other tables. This > means data > > masked in one table must have synchronized data changes in a number of > others. > > For example, changes to the EMPLOYEE_NUMBER column in one table must > trigger identical changes in other tables. > > 2. Consistent Masking > > We have to ensure that the output is consistent across multiple runs. In > practice this means that if the name of employee Joe Smith gets changed to > Bill Jones then the next time the database is cloned and sanitized Joe Smith > should again appear as Bill Jones. > > > > I wonder if there some existing scripts that I can download to do this. If > not, could someone recommend a good tool? > > > > Dave > > ------------------------------ > Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. Help protect > your > kids.<http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_family_safety_072008> > > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.orawin.info