Re: Confidential procedure, is it possible

It's called 'wrapping' a procedure. But I can't find the reference for it. Maybe try the 'white papers' net site?

http://tiburon.us.oracle.com/odp/public/library/cr/html/cr_white.html

-- 
R. Wayne Linton, I.S.P.
Database & Systems Management
Shell Canada Ltd.

michel.lalonde_at_sit.ulaval.ca wrote:


> 

> I have to write a procedure to encode a password and I do not want the

> algorithm to by known. Since anyone can read the data dictionnary views,

> how can I "hide" the source ?

> 

> I was told that there is a way to encode a store procedure so that no

> one except the owner can see the source code in the dictionnary.

> 

> References and suggestions please.

> 

> Michel Lalonde.