Dan, there are certainly some interesting things you can do with object ownership. Now whether you should...thats the question! If you're using it intentionally to solve a business need, good for you - though maybe sometime we can debate whether there is a better, more elegant method that would just use dbo:-)

Mindy - saw your post earlier, just didnt have time to respond - case sensitivity....definitely will make the worst practices list sooner or later! I'm ok with limited use of this on a few columns, but not database wide. What a time sink.

Thanks to all who have posted comments so far - I appreciate you taking the time to do so.

Andy