Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: connecting to a DB without requiring a password

2015-12-23 Thread Blake McBride
Thanks for the help and pointer! On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 22.12.2015 um 20:26 schrieb Blake McBride: > > I am trying to build a simple interface app for a user. With 35 years > > experience in software development, I can tell you: > > >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: connecting to a DB without requiring a password

2015-12-22 Thread Blake McBride
I am trying to build a simple interface app for a user. With 35 years experience in software development, I can tell you: 1. It is customary to password protect a database to prevent unauthorized access. 2. It is customary for applications that validate a user to have the password embedded in

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: connecting to a DB without requiring a password

2015-12-22 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 22.12.2015 um 20:26 schrieb Blake McBride: > I am trying to build a simple interface app for a user. With 35 years > experience in software development, I can tell you: > > 1. It is customary to password protect a database to prevent unauthorized > access. > > 2. It is customary for

[libreoffice-users] Re: Base: connecting to a DB without requiring a password

2015-12-21 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 21.12.2015 um 22:47 schrieb Blake McBride: > What I want is to keep the password on the database but not require user > entry of it. I have tried a bunch of stuff. I added UserName and Password > to the odbc,ini file. I also tried adding "Password=xyz" to Base's > database properties under