>>>Not necessarily. The DLL can log onto the server using a different username. In this manner, you can give rights to the DLL, but not the user.
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>>This is what I was wondering about --once the DLL has opened up the data source, can the user on the same machine access the data with, say, Excel?
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>Not if you run the DLL on the server.
Ah, lightbulb goes on. Thanks.
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