From sfaroult@oriole.com Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:53:54 -0700 From: Stephane Faroult Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:53:54 -0700 Subject: Re: stopping applications connecting to a database Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sam Roberts wrote: > > is there any way (apart from running a reoccuring scripts ) to stop users > from accessing the database with software such as msaccess.exe > > -- This is an idea, totally untested, but I think that with Oracle 8i a trigger on login could check the program in V$SESSION (where audsid=userenv('SESSIONID') - there is a newer function than userenv() but I belong to the old school) - likely to appear as ODBC in that case - and raise an error. But I don't know how Oracle will react. -- Regards, Stephane Faroult Oriole Corporation Voice: +44 (0) 7050-696-269 Fax: +44 (0) 7050-696-449 Performance Tools & Free Scripts -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.oriole.com, designed by Oracle DBAs for Oracle DBAs -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Stephane Faroult INET: sfaroult@oriole.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).