April 2013
Intermediate to advanced
296 pages
9h 26m
English
Chapter 12
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Virtual Private Database
Using the secure views technique outlined in Chapter 10 can go a long way with quickly and affordably securing data in APEX applications and other applications. However, it does have some limitations that cannot be easily overcome.
Virtual Private Database (VPD) is a no-cost feature of the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition that dynamically adds WHERE clauses to any SQL statement used against a table or view. Managed by a simple PL/SQL function, VPD is a robust way to restrict which rows and columns a given user can view. In addition to restricting SELECT statements, VPD can be configured to also restrict ...
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