Hi Peter, Yes. But, you can protect it with a password.
1. arrayEncode(yourDataInAVariable) 2. Encrypt the result above 3. Write out the encrypted value to disk Best regards, Mark Talluto livecloud.io <http://livecloud.io/> nursenotes.net <http://nursenotes.net/> canelasoftware.com <http://www.canelasoftware.com/> > On Mar 8, 2018, at 11:22 AM, Peter Bogdanoff via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Mark, > > If the data is written to a file on disk, could someone else arrayDecode the > file and gain access to it? > > Peter Bogdanoff > ArtsInteractive > >> On Mar 8, 2018, at 10:38 AM, Mark Talluto via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >>> On Mar 8, 2018, at 9:03 AM, Lagi Pittas via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> In the first version of the system I save the arrays which held all >>> the Clerks orders/totals etc and items into an external stack every >>> time they added an item. >> >> I too use arrays as a data store. You could save the arrays to disk directly >> with arrayEncode(). To save time and not store the entire array to disk, you >> could store only the portions that have been updated on every update. This >> will keep the data store safe and fast. It will also remove the occasional >> issue of stack corruption…since you will not store the data inside of stacks >> any longer. >> >> All creates/reads/update/writes would be done to memory. Those calls that >> modify data will simply do a follow-up write to disk for that particular >> record. To defeat OS inode limitations, you could group your arrays >> logically into files. Thus, you would have anywhere from 1 to a 100 sub >> arrays grouped together. The loading and storing of arrays is very fast. >> Even with databases in the 100s of thousands to low millions of records >> counts. >> >> Performance is amazing. The best part is you are speaking to your database >> using LiveCode commands and functions. The only limitation is the amount of >> RAM on a given device. Should you outgrow that limitation then you could >> move the data to the cloud. Or you could load/unload data accordingly from >> disk. This would also be a nice indicator that your business is growing. Of >> course, it could just be that you are storing a lot of data. :) >> >> If you need any help or ideas, let me know. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Mark Talluto >> livecloud.io <http://livecloud.io/> >> nursenotes.net <http://nursenotes.net/> >> canelasoftware.com <http://www.canelasoftware.com/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
