I wondered if there was any way of password protecting an (update) query, for example. Since you wouldn't want anyone running the query without authorization, how can we protect it? Thanks in advance.
Bob W.
I wondered if there was any way of password protecting an (update) query, for example. Since you wouldn't want anyone running the query without authorization, how can we protect it? Thanks in advance.
Bob W.

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Although there are some things you can do to make it more difficult for users to run queries, the only really effective method is user-level security. You can create different kinds of users with different permissions. See The Secrets of Security on WendellB's website; it contains an introduction and many usuful links.