Robert,
> To articular my own concerns perhaps a bit better, there are two major > things I don't like about the whole DIRALIAS proposal. Number one, > you're creating this SQL object whose name is not actually used for > anything other than manipulating the alias you created. The users are > still operating on pathnames. That's awfully strange. > That's an interesting point and I don't disagree that it seems a little strange. However, isn't this approach similar if not the same (other than operating on path names) as with some other objects, specifically rules and policies? -Adam -- Adam Brightwell - adam.brightw...@crunchydatasolutions.com Database Engineer - www.crunchydatasolutions.com