That's what we do here - although, not being from a security background, I
am not positive that this is the best way.  But others that I know of give
read-only access this way, too. So, you would not be alone.

Ray

At 11:17 AM 6/30/2004, you wrote:
>I have a developer that needs access to a database. They suggested I
>give them a backup of it that they can work with. My first thought was
>OK but then I started thinking about it. I don't like the thought of
>some one having a complete copy of my database.
>
>Here's my question. Wouldn't it be better to just create a user
>account that has read only access to the tables that they will be
>working with? The app they are writing only needs read access and I
>can kill the account when they are done. To me, it seems more secure
>doing it this way.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Phillip B.
>
>
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