I am doing something similar at the moment using the following:
1. JavaWebServer2.0 to store my servlets and/or HTML pages(eg. Login Screen)
2. JDK 1.2(latest) and JSWDK(for servlets)
3. Have 1 servlet that is invoked via HTML page Login(METHOD=GET) and
connects to Access DB via standard JDBC code.
4. Embedded HTML(via out.println()s) handles the respone according to
valid/invalid login process.
That's the main idea so far.
If you require further detail, let me know.
Andreas
-----Original Message-----
From: Heiko Gottschling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 08 December 1999 12:49
Subject: Database authentication
>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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