I’ve got the syntax down but I’m wondering if somebody can provide an illustrative use case where database synonyms are very useful.
I’ve got the syntax down but I’m wondering if somebody can provide an illustrative
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I’ve got the syntax down but I’m wondering if somebody can provide an illustrative use case where database synonyms are very useful.
It is excellent for staging mock tables when testing. For example, if your source tables contain millions of records and you want to test a small subset of data, you can use synonyms to re-direct the source table to a smaller table you control so you can stage various scenarios.
In this way, you can update/delete the data in the mock table without affecting your source table. When you are ready to use the source table, all you need to do is re-direct the synonym.