Re: Client/Server and Oracle Security

In article <bmccartn.24.000CEE68_at_dbcorp.ab.ca>, bmccartn_at_dbcorp.ab.ca (Bruce McCartney) writes:

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> my company (DBCORP) has a windows based product called secire*db which will
> let you do this in a couple of ways. the best way is to create 'hidden' id's
> for the end-user that have all the application privs, and let the end-users
> base id have 'public' privs. secure*db has features to enable the hidden id
> from windows or unix programs.

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I believe the preferrable solution would be to incorporate this functionality  into the RDBMS. More or less like stored modules authorized to execute in 'definers rights' in DEC Rdb.

Cheers,

/per

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Per Stromsjo (ppst_at_seb.se)
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