If you are developing a web app, try Rick Strahl's Web-Connect,
http://www.west-wind.com/. You can restrict user access to the data at the directory level with Windows NT. Then only your server needs to access the data. This also protects your indexes when users reboot while in your tables.
James Harvey, MCP
Memphis Police Department
225 Channel Three DR
Memphis, TN 38103
901 577-1296