Hi,
I'm working on a project which includes accessing a database from a
servlet. Now I'm wondering what is the best way to do so. There are two
possibilities:
1. Create a database account for every user. On login, the servlet asks
for the user's password and uses the user's login & password to create a
connection with the database. Authentication is performed by the
database.
2. The servlet gets an account of its own. Authentication is done by the
servlet. All database communication is performed over the servlet
account.
Each has its advandates and disadvantages, e.g. with the first approach
I can rely on the database's elaborate access privilege system (which I
would have to implement myself otherwise), while with the second
approach I may use connection pooling...
Are there any other points which favor any of the possibilities?
thx
Heiko
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