Re: Selecting data from other user's schema: Best way to eliminate table owner?

In article <01bc7655$d4537bf0$62d5bb8a_at_tzhi95>,   "Thomas Greuter" <grth1_at_zh.swissptt.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What is the best way of easy selecting data from an other user's schema?
> Our tables look as this:
> tableowner.tablename ex. ABC_MGR.PRODS
> the ABC_MGR is table owner and is used as more privileged user. Normal
> users are logging in as TZHuser (ex: TZHGRTH1) and become setted a role by
> the appl they are using. Login is as follows:
> set role ABC_PB identified by XY;
> to get required privs.
> All the queries a TZHuser is doing look like:
> select * from PRODS; (<- not ABC_MGR.PRODS)
>
> We used synonyms to break down the schema-barrier:
> create public synonym PRODS for ABC_MGR.PRODS; (as system)
>
> and all the TZHusers may do theirs selects without knowing about ABC_MGR.
>
> Q: Is this a common way in Oracle? If no, are there some other ways to
> eliminate the table/schema owner we didn't see?
>
> Thanks for every comment on this,
>
> Thomas

Yes, the "create public synonym" you're using is the way to do this. BTW, the object the public synonym refers to can be a view, sequence, etc., not just a table. Bryan

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