Re: ODBC Connections

Posted in 2005

Obnoxio The Clown — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:30:49 +0100 (BST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Jonathan Leffler said: > Cesae Cruz wrote: >> I need monitoring all ODBC connections only. >> >> For internal auditoring. > > Dear Cesae, > > I've seen this request from a variety of people for more or less the > same reason. However, I'm curious to understand why people think that > JDBC, OLEDB, .NET, and ESQL/C clients are less dangerous than ODBC and > therefore are not in need of monitoring. Why are ODBC connections so > much more deadly than, say, SQLCMD + ESQL/C - or even DB-Access? > > If anybody else wants to chip in their $0.02 (or any other local > currency), then please do so. Because any idiot can get his hands on Excel. And usually does. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche A smile is a gift that is free to the giver and precious to the recipient. But giving someone the finger is free too, and I find it more personal and sincere. sending to informix-list