Check your consultant's credentials. From what you've indicated, there is absolutely no reason to do this. Tell him he will get to do all the management of synonyms, permissions, and schema exports. I suppose he also wants separate tablespaces for each of these schemas as well?
Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator "oracle dba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi all, > >Our consultant has presented a schema design which I have never seen >(not that I have seen all the designs in the world) but I also failed >to see the advantage. > >Basically our application consists of 35 tables and all is under one >schema named after the application. Granted, the application has many >components such as billing tables, event tables etc. > >Now the consultant wants to split all 35 tables into as many as 8 >different schemas! Such as a billing schema, a event schema. To me >this only complicates the whole thing as now you have to manage 8 >schemas and manage many grants, synonyms. Not to mention some tables >are not clear cut as which component it belongs to. I just don't see >what this buys us. > >Has anyone seen such a approach? And what's the benefit of doing so? > >Thanks > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: oracle dba > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- _____________________________ Jim Hawkins Oracle Database Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Jim Hawkins INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
