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SQL>
SQL> create table employees(
  2    empno      NUMBER(4)
  3  , ename      VARCHAR2(8)
  4  , init       VARCHAR2(5)
  5  , job        VARCHAR2(8)
  6  , mgr        NUMBER(4)
  7  , bdate      DATE
  8  , msal       NUMBER(6,2)
  9  , comm       NUMBER(6,2)
 10  , deptno     NUMBER(2) ) ;

Table created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> insert into employees values(1,'Jason',  'N',  'TRAINER', 2,   date '1965-12-18',  800 , NULL,  10);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(2,'Jerry',  'J',  'SALESREP',3,   date '1966-11-19',  1600, 300,   10);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(3,'Jord',   'T' , 'SALESREP',4,   date '1967-10-21',  1700, 500,   20);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(4,'Mary',   'J',  'MANAGER', 5,   date '1968-09-22',  1800, NULL,  20);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(5,'Joe',    'P',  'SALESREP',6,   date '1969-08-23',  1900, 1400,  30);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(6,'Black',  'R',  'MANAGER', 7,   date '1970-07-24',  2000, NULL,  30);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(7,'Red',    'A',  'MANAGER', 8,   date '1971-06-25',  2100, NULL,  40);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(8,'White',  'S',  'TRAINER', 9,   date '1972-05-26',  2200, NULL,  40);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(9,'Yellow', 'C',  'DIRECTOR',10,  date '1973-04-27',  2300, NULL,  20);

1 row created.

SQL> insert into employees values(10,'Pink',  'J',  'SALESREP',null,date '1974-03-28',  2400, 0,     30);

1 row created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL>
SQL> create synonym e for employees;

Synonym created.

SQL>
SQL>
SQL> select * from e;

     EMPNO ENAME    INIT  JOB             MGR BDATE           MSAL       COMM     DEPTNO
---------- -------- ----- -------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------- ----------
         1 Jason    N     TRAINER           2 18-DEC-65        800                    10
         2 Jerry    J     SALESREP          3 19-NOV-66       1600        300         10
         3 Jord     T     SALESREP          4 21-OCT-67       1700        500         20
         4 Mary     J     MANAGER           5 22-SEP-68       1800                    20
         5 Joe      P     SALESREP          6 23-AUG-69       1900       1400         30
         6 Black    R     MANAGER           7 24-JUL-70       2000                    30
         7 Red      A     MANAGER           8 25-JUN-71       2100                    40
         8 White    S     TRAINER           9 26-MAY-72       2200                    40
         9 Yellow   C     DIRECTOR         10 27-APR-73       2300                    20
        10 Pink     J     SALESREP            28-MAR-74       2400          0         30

10 rows selected.

SQL>
SQL> drop table employees;

Table dropped.

SQL>
SQL> drop synonym e;

Synonym dropped.

SQL>








36.8.Synonyms
36.8.1.Synonyms
36.8.2.Public Synonyms
36.8.3.Creating a synonym for a table
36.8.4.Creating a public synonym
36.8.5.create a synonym for a view
36.8.6.Dropping a synonym
36.8.7.Dropping a public synonym
36.8.8.Query a table by selecting its synonym
36.8.9.Seeing SYNONYM in the Oracle data dictionary
36.8.10.Describe a synonym