Re: Parameter Views

A copy of this was sent to "Matthias Fricke" <matze_at_home.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 20:11:48 GMT, you wrote:

>Hi-
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>I had heard that Oracle 8 supports Views that you can pass parameters into.
>Is this true? If, so how? I haven't seen any documentation on this.
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Oracle7.1 and up can do these. See
http://www.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=363868651&fmt=text

for an example.

Oracle8i, release 8.1 adds a new feature called an application context that makes it even easier and a little more efficient. See my url below for a link to a paper on 'fine grained access control' -- it has examples of application contexts and their use if you are interested.

>-David Small
>Kinderhook Systems, Inc.
>David.Small_at_Kinderhook.com
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