[fpc-pascal] Looking for a Firebird book?

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
> I do it like that too, because the security model of any RDBM is ridiculous,
> firebird is no exception.
> 
> Security must be specified at a functional level, never at the table level.


I'm glad we are not the only ones that think like that. :-)


> I tried once at the table level, and ended up giving everybody access to
> everything, because it's relational and everyone at some point ended up
> writing in some table. So I dumped that, and implemented a separate security
> mechanism that looks at functions - what is a person allowed to do ?

We are moving over to exactly the same process. Security moves over to 
the application (or middle-tier) level. Based on the users security 
level, things like menu items get disabled or hidden.

I'm glad we are heading in the right direction then... ;-)

Regards,
   - Graeme -


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