Re: Do we want SYNONYMS?

Michael C Rosenstein <mcr@mdibl.org> writes:
>> What is "schema" in this context?

> Oracle "schema" == Postgres "database":  a collection of objects
> (tables, functions, triggers, views, etc) owned by a user.

That seems like a pretty unlikely equivalence.  What I'm afraid
you are really saying you want is cross-database synonyms (ie links
to objects in remote databases).  Which I'm pretty sure is not what
JD is offering to implement, though I think it is possible to do
in Oracle.

            regards, tom lane