On 12/7/12 2:36 AM, Venus Software Operations wrote: > Does it mean that a single user can login using various roles that may > have been setup? Yes. If a user has been granted several roles then any one of those roles can be used by that user when connecting to the database. The user can also have several connections to the database, each using a different role. The idea is that a single user can act in different ways at different times by specifying the role they will be playing each time. When they are performing tasks that do not require some privileges they can connect using a role that does not have those privileges granted to it. Later they can connect with another role that does have those privileges to perform some other tasks that require them. > What does the default blank role for sysdba mean? > That if the data-entry user if they login without a role will have the > same powers as sysdba? No. Roles attach additional privileges to the user's account. With no role specified the user is left with the privileges granted to their user account only.
Roles provide a pretty good system. I wish multiple roles could be employed at the same time over the same connection but that's about the only improvement I would like to see. ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
