> > I don't know the correct name for it but Ingres also has

user.tablename

> which
> > defaults to ingres.tablename but if joe has created his own copy

then

> when
> > joe connects he sees his own table and would have to specify
> ingres.tablename
> > to get to the same one as everyone else
>
> "Schemas".

I thought it was 'namespaces' -- as my reply indicates...

>
> Which is different to "cross-databases".

Sean