Slimdave & Mr. Hanky,
Thanks for the feedback! Mr. Hanky, do you and I work in the same shop , the environment here is about the same as you describe. Over time we have moved some applications which had split support all to the Application DBA team, which "resulted in reduced costs". The confusion comes about as we move into CRM, PeopleSoft, Oracle ERP, and Siebel applications, where it is felt by the business that tighter integration with the OS & DB system's justify the need for DBA's skilled in both Oracle and let's say SAP. We are charged with defining the lines of delineation as to when a App should have DBA functions split or all support given to one or the other Support ogrnization. We currently have a cup full of everything: Ops DBA & App DBA, Ops DBA Only (Does application DBA functions), Application DBA Only (Does system DBA functions). Now we need to clean up the mess.