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At 07:40 AM 2/2/98 -0500, David Knittle wrote:
>One major gotcha with odbc, I think. Once you give users access to odbc on 
>the 400, don't expect them to use it only with the vb programs you have 
>written. They will use it in excel, access ( a real problem, as it provides 
>an easy way for a user to update data in a non-controlled way), etc.

That's very true, but easily fixed with an exit program. Not a major project if 
all you need is to prevent updating. It get's a little dicier if you need to 
allow SOME updates, but it still is not too bad.

Pete

Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com 
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

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