Yes, a cron job will make the solution more robust. I'm new to *classic* client-server DB apps and I'm still amazed for a so standard issue I have to find tricks.
Particularly I wonder at this: standard SQL commands exist to assign (GRANT) and remove (REVOKE) privileges, but there is not a SQL command to query current privileges. On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:17:45 -0500 Michael Stassen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Plinio Conti wrote: > > Yes, I think I will do it with an additional table on the db server, > > for the moment (I have no time to implement parsing etc...) > > > > The problem is, like you stated, to mantain that table up to date > > with changes in system tables. The best solution would be a trigger > > for this, but we haven't them at the moment in MySQL. > > > > Since any other solution will expose the client app to the > > possibility it has invalid information, I will have to handle access > > denied etc... but this is the less. > > > > I will have to pray system administrators to do user management > > exclusivly through a special application provided by me, which will > > keep the *table* updated. > > > > If administrators will use MySQL to store other databases than mine, > > my solution will be quite poor. > > > > There's a middle road. Since you're writing a program to maintain your > additional table anyway, you could (should?) write a cron job to make > sure it stays in sync. That way, instead of relying on humans (the > system administrators) to do the right thing, you automatically fix it > for them when they don't. Have it run once a day, every hour, every 10 > minutes, ... whatever frequency seems the best balance for your app. In > fact, if you're willing to live with the lag, and don't trust your SAs, > you could skip the user management app and stick with just the cron job. > > Michael > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
