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Q156666: HOWTO: Obtain User Permissions from Oracle Server

Article: Q156666
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbDatabase kbvfp500 kbvfp600
Last Modified: 14-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 5.0, 6.0 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes one method of determining what privileges a user has on
an Oracle server.

MORE INFORMATION
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The following code example demonstrates how to obtain user permissions from an
Oracle server. Before attempting to run this code, be sure to replace the
<datasource>, <user>, and <password> in the SQLStringConnect
command with the appropriate values for your system.

Begin Code Example
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     handle = SQLStringConnect("dsn=<datasource>;uid=<user>;pwd=<password>")
     status = SQLExec(handle, "Select * from SESSION_PRIVS", "SqlResult")
     IF (status < 1)
       ? "Unable to retrieve permissions"
     ELSE
       SCAN
         ? SqlResult.Privilege
       ENDSCAN
     ENDIF

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbDatabase kbvfp500 kbvfp600 
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP500 kbVFP600
Issue type        : kbhowto

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