What good are SQL Server schemas?

Question

I\'m no beginner to using SQL databases, and in particular SQL Server. However, I\'ve been primarily a SQL 2000 guy and I\'ve always been confused by schemas in 2005+. Yes

Answer 1

They can also provide a kind of naming collision protection for plugin data. For example, the new Change Data Capture feature in SQL Server 2008 puts the tables it uses in a separate cdc schema. This way, they don't have to worry about a naming conflict between a CDC table and a real table used in the database, and for that matter can deliberately shadow the names of the real tables.