At 09:57 AM 8/28/01 -0700, you wrote: > > 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: Actually, you grant the permissions to a "role" (such as manager, secretary, etc), and then you grant the role to a specific user. It madkes user management a whole lot easier. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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