What is synonym?

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What is synonym? ..

Answer / suraj kedia

A synonym is nothing but a permanent alias name given to an
existing data base table.

The main concept of synonym is as below;
1)To hide the original table name.
2)To hide the owner of the table.

Synonym can be created on following 3 objects:
1)Table
2)View
3)Synonym

Synonym are of basically 2 types:
1)Public synonym: This can only be created by a data base
administrator.
2)Private synonym: This can be created by any valid data
base user.

Syntax for creating a synonym is

create [or replace] synonym synonym_name for object name;

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What is synonym? ..

Answer / mike

A synonym is a alternative name for objects such as tables,
views, sequences , stored procedures and other database
objects.

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