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MS-Access does provide encryption. Choose "Tools->Security->Encrypt/Decrypt Database" from the main menu. I know at least one major bank that uses Access in this way.
You should be able to find a copy of MSDE on the Microsoft Office-2000 installation CDs (its not installed by default). MSDE is basically a stripped-down version of SQL-Server. I have a copy installed on my kids' Windows 98 box. The main problem is that no administration program is provided (like SQL-Server's Enterprise Manager). However, there are freeware program available that replicate much of this functionality for you. Note that MSDE is implemented as a server process (just like SQL-Server) - so this may rule it out as an option for you.
If you are not storing much data then you might take a look at ADO presisted-recordsets. These are written to you PC's disk as an XML file. The main problem with this (and XML in general) is that the files are not encrypted. For more complicated XML, you would probably use Microsoft's MSXML component.
Hope this helps.
Andy
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Hi Andy,
MS-Access does provide encryption. Choose "Tools->Security->Encrypt/Decrypt Database" from the main menu. I know at least one major bank that uses Access in this way.
I know I can encrypt my DB. I also protect it with a password. I can't believe the passwords are not even encrypted if the DB is not encrypted too... If the DB is only encrypted, users can read it with MS Access and I don't want them to. If the DB is encrypted and password protected, they can't read it anymore... Unless they use one of the dozen of "password recovery tools" you can get everywhere on the web. Which means my DB is not protected at all. What really worries me, it's that they can retrieve my DB password. It's unreadable... first... my application connects to it using a password... But when the user uses a password recovery tool on it, they get the DB password AND users passwords. Passwords I would use for all my DBs, accounts... My solution would be to release a special DB, protected by a "dummy" password (only known by the application), with a special user account that has read and write access to the DB, tables... But It requires a lot of modifications and messes up my all release process.
You should be able to find a copy of MSDE on the Microsoft Office-2000 installation CDs (its not installed by default). MSDE is basically a stripped-down version of SQL-Server. I have a copy installed on my kids' Windows 98 box. The main problem is that no administration program is provided (like SQL-Server's Enterprise Manager). However, there are freeware program available that replicate much of this functionality for you. Note that MSDE is implemented as a server process (just like SQL-Server) - so this may rule it out as an option for you.
Alas! I can't use MSDE. Moreover I am sure there's somekind of perfect security system for MSSQL DB.
If you are not storing much data then you might take a look at ADO presisted-recordsets. These are written to you PC's disk as an XML file. The main problem with this (and XML in general) is that the files are not encrypted. For more complicated XML, you would probably use Microsoft's MSXML component.
There are hundreds of APIs and XML-DBMS and I don't really know which one to pick... The Apache one sounds like a good choice to me. About security, I am sure that some of the XML DBs have a security layer.
Decrypt Database
Did you ever tried to Decrypt a MS Access DB ? If I exclusively open an encrypted MS Access DB, when I select Encrypt/Decrypt, it doesn't ask me to decrypt it, it askes me to encrypt it... again.
Summary
What do you think of my "dummy password" hybrid solution and the password recovery tools issue ? If any, what DB engine do you use for your own softwares ?
JM. Molina
Europe > France > Lyon
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The "dummy" password solution seems to work just fine. However, I am a contract programmer, so I've only have to show that I have taken sufficient steps to put security in place. As far as password recovery tools go, I would advise that you use a strong password that doesn't appear in the dictionary.
I never had to decrypt the MS-Access database. However, Microsoft provides a program named "JetComp.exe" on their support web-site. Normally I use it to fix MS-Access databases that have got seriously corrupted. If anything could decrypt your database it would be that program.
I don't have any real preferences for databases. I've used quite a few different ones (I tend to use what my clients ask for). My personal preference is not to use MS-Access (network performance sucks and it is fairly easy to corrupt the database files). You might want to consider Sybase's ASA database (used to be called SQL-Anywhere).
Hope this helps.
Andy
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HI ALL
I am having problem with the custome error message display. As in Visual Basic 6.0 days we could give our custom error messages by getting the error code how we can achieve the same in C#. where can i get the mappings of errorcode returned by the exception so that instead of displaying the default error message i should be able to display my own custom error message on the same exception
THNX IN ADVANCE
Love U ALL
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I would like to run a query on the results of a previous query.
I know I can use SELECT in a SELECT, but the query I'm doing is not allowed to be a subquery (it's a TRANSFORM).
I can run a query on a query from Access, I just want to do the same thing in MFC.
Any ideas?
Cheers
Neil
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A query on a query in SQL Server can be implemented in several ways:
1) create the initial query as a view and then query the view
2) insert the initial query results into a temp table and then query the temp table
3) create a table variable and insert the results of the initial query into the table variable. Then, run the second query using the table variable.
4).... and on and on limited only by your imagination and the specifics of your query(s).
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Can you tell me how to do this on a TRANSFORM statement. As far as I can see, you can't TRANSFORM INTO a temp table.
Maybe I'm wrong?
Cheers
Neil
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basementman wrote:
A query on a query in SQL Server can be implemented in several ways:
1) create the initial query as a view and then query the view
2) insert the initial query results into a temp table and then query the temp table
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In .NET I've attempted to use method 2 and then define a data adapter to the stored procedure. The data adapter wizard gives me an error stating
that the temporary table is not valid. Any idea how to make this work correctly?
>>>-----> MikeO
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Hi!
I have to tables (master-detail) within DataSet. How can I display in DataGrid result of INNER JOIN operation of these tables?
P.S. Decision based upon adding into the dateset's child table extra columns that refer to the parent column (using column expression 'Parent.') is unacceptable.
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Question: Why do you consider the parent column expressions to be unacceptable? Can you tell us more about the problem that you are trying to solve (i.e. do you want to allow the user to edit the contents of these parent columns?).
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Yes, I want to allow edit the contents of parent columns. Will contents of such column (that refers to the parent column through use of column expresion) be copied into the parent table (if I alter some cells)?
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Dr_Sh0ck wrote:
Will contents of such column (that refers to the parent column through use of column expresion) be copied into the parent table (if I alter some cells)?
Yes. Actually, what's created is just a pointer.
And a pointer can be, in the RAM world, the equivalent of a foreign key in the RDBMS world.
Kant wrote:
Actually she replied back to me "You shouldn't fix the bug. You should kill it"
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I couldn't add a time part of a DateTime in an Access table, using VB.Net
It always adds only the date part.
What is the problem?
Here is the scenario:
My table contains 2 fields - one DateTime field and one TEXT field.
I have a DataAdapter and a Dataset, an I am using the following code:
DsLog1.Tables("Log").Rows.Add(New Object() {"#01/02/03 04:05:06#","SomeText"})
OleDbDataAdapter1.Update(DsLog1)
As a result I got only the date part 01/02/03 into Access table
I know, that that is not due to a field format in the table, because if I add the same value directly in Access table (using access), I can see the new added time value, but not the one, added by the code above.
Any suggestions are welcome.;)
Thanks in advance
Yakimo(to)
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make sure of the table design
the field must be General Date not short date
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It is General Date, because if I add DateTime from the Access itself, I can see the time.
But not the time, added by the VB.NET code.
Maybe I am doing something wrong?
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I have a simple update statement on a table on MSSQL7:
UPDATE MERENI SET MERENI.Hod=-0.5, Kval=' ', Zmena=1 WHERE Ident = 'SLV4485_MI__'
This runs O.K.
When I change it to modify other record:
UPDATE MERENI SET MERENI.Hod=-0.5, Kval=' ', Zmena=1 WHERE Ident = 'SLV4485_MQ__'
It ends with:
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near '/'.
Pavel
Sonork 100.15206
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Solved. I forgot about a trigger. 
Pavel
Sonork 100.15206
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Can anyone please tell me what method I need to use to connect and talk to a MYSQL database through ADO.NET. Not one that has been read about, one that has been tested and used. Please, I need help????????????
Thank,
Kendal
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In addition, can anyone tell me why using the oledb provider for odbc drivers will work with visual basic 6.0 but will not work with .NET???????????????
Thanks,
Kendal
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gvector1 wrote:
In addition, can anyone tell me why using the oledb provider for odbc drivers will work with visual basic 6.0 but will not work with .NET???????????????
You have to install odbc.net drivers as much as I remember.
For using MySQL I think there is no problem with ADO.NET. Use the same connection string that you used before,everythinng else are the same.
Mazy
No sig. available now.
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I have ODBC.NET installed and it does that. I used the same connection that I used in VB6.0 in .NET and it tells me that I cannot use OLEDB provider of ODBC drivers. Why?????????????? Another question, I am trying to use MyOleDb for MYSQL and when I get to the point of creating a select statement, [Information Schema]is automatically inserted into the command. Ex.
SELECT INFORMATION_SCHEMA.patientfile.*
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.patientfile
Even if it is displayed in the Server Explorer, it has [INFORMATION_SCHEMA] attached to it.
What is the deal with INFORMATION_SCHEMA???????????
Thanks,
Kendal
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Hi, everyone:
I am using VS.NET 2003 to create a winForm application ( Same result in VS.NET 2002). The application accesses MS Access DB so that an user can edit the DB.
When I have Datagrid bounded to the tables, all the updates (Insert,Delete and Update) work perfect. However, I have one table that I have to bound it to TextBoxes and CheckBoxes. If I insert or delete a record, it updates the DB fine. When I change the text in the texboxes, or click on the checkboxes, The record is supposed to be modified. When I click on my save button, I use table.GetChanges(DataRowState.Modified) to retrieve the changes. Surprisely, there is no changes, even though I thought I have the right binding.
Apparently, when I change the textboxes or checkboxes, the datarow status did not change to Modified. I can not figure out what I missed here. Please help. Thanks in advance.
Dion
More info:
I have columns as Text, Number and Yes/No in the MS Access DB. Here are the simplified code to do the binding:
For Number:
Binding b1 = new Binding("Text", dsMain1, "LMMaster.LMMasterLMSimConfig.LessonTime");
b1.Parse+=new ConvertEventHandler(TextStringToInteger);
b1.Format+=new ConvertEventHandler(IntegerToTextString);
txtLessonTime.DataBindings.Add(b1);
For Text:
txtConfig.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Text", dsMain1, "LMMaster.LMMasterLMSimConfig.Config"));
For CheckBox:
chkboxHelp.DataBindings.Add(new Binding("Checked", dsMain1, "LMMaster.LMMasterLMSimConfig.Help"));
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Can we use Array In SQL Server ,if yes can any body tell how to use the same.
Is it possible to call a stored procedure recursively???
Any answer to the above questions will be highly appreciated
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Can we use Array In SQL Server ?
Yes..but using an indirect way : Create a temporary table like this :
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CREATE TABLE #temp(Field1 INT PRIMARY KEY)
(put the above code in a stored proc or trigger etc..)
note the # before the name of the table :#temp this makes the temporary table available for the current connection.. ## will make it available to all connections
to free this table use:
DROP TABLE #temp
Is it possible to call a stored procedure recursively?
yes..but by default there is a limited number of nesting levels (31 I think) but you can change it..
hope this can help 
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Thanx for ur valuable suggestions.
Can i have a sample stored procedure which is called recursively.
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