Read Only

[Guest]

Hi there

I have a database that a lot of people need to look at, but I dont want them
to be able to update or change date. Effectively I want read only access for
most and write access for myself.

What is the simplest way to achieve this?

Thanks

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hi there

I have a database that a lot of people need to look at, but I dont
want them to be able to update or change date. Effectively I want
read only access for most and write access for myself.

What is the simplest way to achieve this?

Thanks

If you are satisified with your editing to be limited to times when no one else
is in the file then the simplest thing is to put the file in a network folder
that provides read-only access for them and read/write access for you.

If you need to be able to edit in the file while read-only users are also using
the file then applying user level security is the only way to do that. With
that you could grant read-only permissions to the default Users group. That
would allow your users to open the file without having to specify a special
workgroup file. You would login using a secured workgroup with an account that
has full permissions.