Should I protect this?

[Guest]

I have a few access database made with fp 2003. Should I put passwords on
them and if so will it cause problems when data is being entred and viewed?

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

You don't need to add passwords to the database, by default the databases are protected from access
by site visitor when FP is allowed to store the database in the fpdb folder that is created by FP.
Manually creating the fpdb folder will not give you the required permissions.

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[Andrew Murray]

Tthe database interface wizard can apply a password but I think only for edit and
delete functions, not for adding records. - it won't interfere with reading the
database and displaying results.

However if your db has sensitive data, put it in the fpbd folder and rename it to
something people won't easily guess, or if your host allows, put it outside (a
level up) from your home directory - this way the public can't browse to the
file, but you can still refer to it in scripts and so on.