"Goulet, Dick" wrote: > > That only affects how Oracle finds objects. If for instance you would have to > access dba_users normally as sys.dba_users then using the alter session command > means you can drop the 'sys.' portion thereof. It has no affect on your > priviledges. Down side is that if you then want to reference one of your personal > tables you have to say so. > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA >
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