Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Aug 17 07:01:35 CDT 2009
Yes, the Sysadmin will have access. In this scenario, you can create the SPs on you development system and then script them out. Modify the script to include "WITH ENCRYPTION" ie "CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.myproc WITH ENCRYPTION AS...." Then you can run the scripts on the client installation. -- Stuart On 17 Aug 2009 at 21:35, Borge Hansen wrote: > Stuart, > In the scenario where I am installing an application consisting of an > Access/VBA Frontend and a SQL Db backend at a client's site - will that > hold? > > Wouldn't the client's SQL Data Base Administrator and anyone else with > sysadmin rights on the SQL Server have access to all the SP code that I have > installed? > > regards, > borge > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote: > > > You use the SQL Server's built in permissions. > > If they are not authorised to do so, they can't view the definition. > > > > As a general rule, users should only have Execute rights on SPs. > > > > -- > > Stuart > > > > > > On 17 Aug 2009 at 19:45, Borge Hansen wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > How do I protect code in a Stored Procedure from being looked at, messed > > > with, lifted out and used by others - not authorized to do so? > > > > > > I've read you can encrypt SP code - but that there are easy ways to get > > back > > > the code in a readable form. > > > > > > Then there is the possbility of creating the SP in an CLR assemby: > > > "embedding" the SP in C# code and ending up with the SP in a .dll file - > > > etc... I think they are called "managed stored procedures" > > > > > > Question: > > > Is this the way to fully protect / secure the SP code from the eyes of > > > others?? > > > > > > If so, does anyone know of a few good links that will get me up to speed > > in > > > writing and presenting Stored Procedures in a SQL db as CLR assemblies - > > > "Managed Stored Procedures" ? > > > > > > I have VS2008 up and running finally ... and SQL2005 ... > > > > > > I should add that I have read about .NET but never really gotten down to > > > writing code using Visual Studio and the .net platform - > > > > > > regards, > > > borge > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-SQLServer mailing list > > > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-SQLServer mailing list > > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-SQLServer mailing list > dba-SQLServer at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-sqlserver > http://www.databaseadvisors.com >