> In Oracle, I remember working with roles that I could assign to a user. Is > there such a mechanism, or are there plans to implement such a mechanism, > in MySQL. This sounds a lot link granting a user certain privileges. Here's the part of the documentation that talks about this: http://www.mysql.com/doc/U/s/User_Account_Management.html HTH, Kurt Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php