RE: ODBC Security

[Chris Bipes <chris.bipes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Create Logical Views over the files in question.  Make them a Join LF and
they become Read Only.  Give the users access to these files only.

Christopher K. Bipes    mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com
Sr. Programmer/Analyst  mailto:Chris_Bipes@Yahoo.com
CrossCheck, Inc.        http://www.cross-check.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Shrader, Patrick [mailto:pshrader@wkep.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:02 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: ODBC Security


One ongoing question I have about this, and I am interested in suggestions,
is how can you limit access to specific fields using ODBC. I hope it does
not involve increasing my security level from 30.

I have an item master file that contains an item description and a cost.
While I want some users to be able to access the basic item information, I
don't want them to view costs. (This is a typical situation that can be
applied to many files). Is there a way to limit visibility on specific
fields in the file with ODBC?

As Rob said, green screens were much easier to secure -- but ODBC and Excel
really makes some reports easy for the users.

Patrick Shrader
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