Re: Database Links standards

Looks good to me, except for step b.

You don't really need that.

I've used the same setup several
times successfully.

Jared

On Friday 06 July 2001 13:51, Thomas Jeff wrote:
> We came up with the below standards with respect to database links
> (heavily
>
> used in our environment). The result has been a billion complaints by
> our developers, stating that the standards are unnecessarily complex. I'm
> curious as to what others might think, if they *are* indeed too complex.
> Also what kind of naming/adminstrative standards that other shops employ.
>
> 1. To access remote data across a DB LINK, the
> standard implementation consists of four pieces:
>
> a) A private database link owned by the schema owner of the table
> objects being accessed. The CONNECT TO and IDENTIFIED BY clauses are
> required
> - Naming Standard: {remote schema}_{database name}
>
> b) A standard PUBLIC SYNONYM created for the remote table being
> accessed across the link.
> - Naming Standard: {remote schema}_{remote table}. The purpose of this
> synonym is both to allow portability and also to provide documentation
> of the remote connection.
>
> c) A VIEW created as a SELECT * from the PUBLIC SYNONYM above (1.b).
> - Naming Standard: {remote table}_VW
>
> d) A PUBLIC SYNONYM on the VIEW above(1.c.)
> - Naming Standard: {remote table}
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff T
> thomasje_at_tce.com

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