ADABAS does field level security, and has for years. But it is overhead. Later, Ray
-- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. --ilvi > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould > Sent: Friday 24 March 2006 17:06 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Convert 3490E Tapes to CD or DVD > > On Mar 24, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Eric Bielefeld wrote: > > I have not heard of any MF "application" that does field > level security except for possibly DB2. This is not to say > their isn't just that it is unusual, IMO. There may be some > user code in CICS that selectively displays a field (or not) > but that seems to be a transaction type security . There are > just too many ways you can access a file that is one of the > reasons why people need RACF (or other security package). > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html