MS SQL Server 2008 "linked server" to Oracle : schema not showing - sql

I have a Windows 2008 Server (x64) running Microsoft SQL 2008 (x64) and I'm creating a Linked Server connection to an Oracle server. I'm able to make the connection, but I cannot see any information regarding which schema a table belongs to.
In SQL 2005, my linked servers show the schema information as I would expect.
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue? Is it an issue with the provider, OraOLEDB.Oracle?
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

#Boojiboy - When you are looking at the tables via a linked server, there used to be a column for what schema. It appears that in the latest the new Oracle OLEDB drivers don't show this information any longer.

It looks like sp_tables_ex will do the trick, it came from the below article.
--verify tables OK exec sp_tables_ex #table_server = 'LINKED_ORA',
#table_schema='MySchema'
#table_schema is optional. If not
provided, you will get a list of all
tables in all schemas.
http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/daniel-at-work/linking-sql-server-2005-to-oracle-26791

Also in the SQL 08 > Server Objects > Providers
make sure your OraOLEDB.Oracle provider is allowing inprocessing

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