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Subject: RE: Data Base Security
Thread ID: 120452 Message ID: 125819 # Views: 99 # Ratings: 0
Version: Visual FoxPro 7 Category: Databases, Tables and SQL Server
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:03:46 PM         
   


> Hi Experts
>
> I am facing problem of Data Base Security. Users at user end open table in browse window and change data manually and blaming me that my software automatically changes their data. No body is accepting the responsibility. Some of my friends are saying me to shift to SQL Data Base and leave VFP becase its data is unsecured. I am using Free Table. If I shift then is it my correct decesion. Is VFP have no solution at all for this kind of problems.
>
> Tnnx in advance
>
> Ahsan Rana


Dear experts

Earlier i was using my own codes to protect dbf file,by changing its header.
IE: i used to open dbf file in Low level file functiosn
using fopen/Fput/Fwrite etc. I Put certain marks like " *#* " on header of
dbf file.

When Opening that particular dbf file, I remove the marks & when closing
the application , I again put the same mark on dbf files' header.

Hence when some one wants to open the file it without my application, ti
gives message like "Not a dbf file."

Although certain ifs & buts was there but it was working fine with fpd26

Hope this will work too with VFP

Binod

new to vfp

new to vfp



COMPLETE THREAD
Data Base Security Posted by Ahsan Rana @ 2/1/2007 8:45:45 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by tushar @ 2/1/2007 8:59:56 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ahsan Rana @ 2/1/2007 12:38:58 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 2/1/2007 1:41:30 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by suhas hegde @ 12/20/2007 3:31:55 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Frank Cazabon @ 2/1/2007 1:47:50 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Boudewijn Lutgerink @ 2/1/2007 5:34:56 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 2/1/2007 5:44:05 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Boudewijn Lutgerink @ 2/1/2007 5:46:21 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Daniel Hofford @ 8/26/2007 3:22:47 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by William Sanders @ 12/19/2007 6:08:03 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Andy Kramek @ 2/1/2007 11:37:49 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by meid lababidi @ 2/1/2007 2:47:49 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 2/1/2007 3:33:42 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Tariq mehmood @ 2/6/2007 4:49:21 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Boudewijn Lutgerink @ 2/7/2007 10:44:54 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Tariq mehmood @ 2/7/2007 1:37:03 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 2/7/2007 2:18:30 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by randy loberiano @ 2/27/2008 4:05:13 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Pete Sass @ 2/2/2007 3:24:02 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 2/2/2007 4:18:42 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Pete Sass @ 2/10/2007 7:14:25 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 2/14/2007 5:26:58 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Jamie Osborn @ 3/15/2007 1:06:09 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Naomi Nosonovsky @ 3/15/2007 3:50:17 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Jamie Osborn @ 3/15/2007 3:51:16 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 3/15/2007 9:15:03 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Pete Sass @ 3/15/2007 1:05:09 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 3/15/2007 2:32:10 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Frank Cazabon @ 3/15/2007 7:49:19 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by suhas hegde @ 12/19/2007 5:16:28 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Prasad Sakharkar @ 2/2/2007 7:33:51 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ravi Taxali @ 2/5/2007 9:30:25 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by kenan cejvan @ 2/5/2007 1:27:00 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by mk sharma @ 3/14/2007 5:35:09 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 3/14/2007 7:26:26 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by mk sharma @ 3/15/2007 8:16:54 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by tushar @ 3/15/2007 8:29:02 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by mk sharma @ 3/15/2007 8:45:45 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by tushar @ 3/15/2007 10:45:57 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ulhas Amrite @ 8/25/2007 10:46:23 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by tushar @ 8/25/2007 1:18:26 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 3/15/2007 10:39:44 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ulhas Amrite @ 8/31/2007 1:31:44 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Ken Murphy @ 8/31/2007 2:30:32 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Jamie Osborn @ 3/15/2007 1:40:16 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 3/16/2007 2:32:21 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by vivek deodhar @ 8/22/2007 5:53:35 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 8/22/2007 11:40:41 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by vivek deodhar @ 8/23/2007 6:36:34 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by vivek deodhar @ 8/23/2007 9:41:35 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 8/23/2007 10:33:37 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by vivek deodhar @ 8/25/2007 7:16:50 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 8/27/2007 6:42:08 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by vivek deodhar @ 2/27/2008 5:31:57 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 2/29/2008 6:24:47 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Binod Binani @ 3/15/2007 7:03:46 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Kip Dole @ 12/18/2007 4:42:43 PM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Bernard Bout @ 12/19/2007 5:53:27 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Cetin Basoz @ 12/19/2007 11:40:39 AM
RE: Data Base Security Posted by Joe Estrella @ 1/9/2008 8:37:27 AM