Re: Confidential procedure, is it possible

From: jared still <jared_at_psnw.com>
Date: 1997/02/01
Message-ID: <32f3d50a.12936474@alpine.psnw.com>#1/1

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 ?
>

Don't have my manuals here at home. Take a look at the readme files under the $ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/ directory.

There is some information on how to use and oracle utility to transform your PL/SQL into bytecode, so that the source is not available, not even to the DBA.

Email me if you can't find it, and I'll take a look.

Jared Still
ValueRx/RxNet
Oracle DBA - DG/UX Sysadmin - Part Time Perl Evangelist jared_at_psnw.com
stillj_at_valuerx.com Received on Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00:00 CST