>Hi Jim,
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>With regard to security, MSDE uses NT's security. However, if you use stored procedures, you can roll your own security. This is the nice thing about server back-ends. For instance, you set things up so that no direct updates to tables can occur. Rather, if you wish to update, delete, or add data, you can use stored procs for all of these items. In MSDE, an ID and password can be passed to each Tx. In the SQL-Server DB, you can have a users table. Does this add overhead? Sure does. However, it is a small price to pay to have secure data.
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>This would address the issues for Win 9x.
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Thanks John. I should have thought about this because it is one of the ways to enforce security in VFP. I guess my head was thinking too much toward the "SQL Server way".