Re: oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleConnection

From: Mike Liu <mike2322_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 22 Jan 2002 08:46:43 -0800
Message-ID: <2262aa8e.0201220846.5555b28e@posting.google.com>

Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message news:<cb8p4u09llm4cj64s6umlacc4b6k0mi3qc_at_4ax.com>...
> There is *every* reason it should not be possible. First of all
> shutdown is a sql*plus command, it is not a sql command. You won't
> find it in Java nor in OCI. And that is GOOD.
> Because it actually means any darn idiot can shutdown the database.
> In my country the death penalty has been abolished a long time ago,
> but I'd rather not lay my hands on the guy who *did* shutdown the
> database using your procedures.
>
> Regards
>
>

Well, I don't think this is the reason. You protect your database with roles and privs, not with tools. A lot of times, users still get access to sql*plus.

Regards,
Mike Received on Tue Jan 22 2002 - 10:46:43 CST