Specifies the default schema name for the module. The default schema is the schema to which SQL statements refer if those statements do not qualify table and other schema names with an authorization identifier. If you do not specify a default schema name for a module, the default schema name is the same as the authorization identifier. Using the SCHEMA clause, separate SQL modules can each declare different schemas as default schemas. This can be convenient for an application that needs to refer to more than one schema. By putting SQL statements that refer to a schema in the appropriate module's procedures, you can minimize tedious qualification of schema element names in those statements. When you specify SCHEMA schema-name AUTHORIZATION authorization- name, you specify the schema name and the schema authorization identifier for the module. The schema authorization identifier is considered the owner and creator of the schema and everything in it. When the FIPS flagger is enabled for entry-level SQL92 or lower, the SCHEMA clause (by itself or used with the AUTHORIZATION clause) is flagged as nonstandard ANSI syntax. If procedures in the SQL module always qualify table names with an authorization identifier, the SCHEMA clause has no effect on SQL statements in the procedures.