Okay,

As for creating and populating the schema - It is created and it is populated. There are 4 tables. EMP, DEPT, SALGRADE and BONUS.
EMP, DEPT and SALGRADE all come with data.
BONUS does not.
My problem, again, is to try to determine what was going through their demented little minds when they designed this aberration.
The intentions behind the EMP, DEPT and SALGRADE tables are decipherable, although poorly implemented.

The problem is that I don't know what purpose the BONUS table is supposed to serve.

As for the DESIGNER repository, I think I see where you're going. That certainly does appear obtuse. I am in complete agreement that Oracle seems to have a proclivity for creating confusing data models. I also agree that both data models are, uh, odd, shall we say. Unfortunately, that does not get me any closer to an answer :).

Again,

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Thanks again,

- Chris