Re: Exclude one piece of data from an export

Tim Shute wrote:

> Hi
>
> We're looking at ways to 'copy protect' our Oracle database and
> application. We currently store a license key in a table on the database
> and read that when starting the application.
>
> The trouble is, when you export the database, the license key goes with
> it. So, as long as you have the right version of the program and the
> right dump it's possible to rebuild an Oracle database on another
> machine and run the application.
>
> Is there a way to prevent this one row from being exported into a dump?
> This would mean that the copied application and database would then need
> a new license key.
>
> TIA
>
> Tim.
> ==
>
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Encrypt the key and base it on something specific to a specific piece of hardware such as IP Address that Oracle can validate at startup.

Daniel Morgan Received on Fri Dec 06 2002 - 16:30:21 CST