Jim Starkey wrote:

>Fabricio Araujo wrote:
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>>There isn't a statement limit? More interesting is the existance of a
>>( keyword, syntax, etc. pick your choice) that allows to pick the blob
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>>from a file (obviously local to the SERVER - could be a DVD or CD
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>>driver
>>for example) in a insert statement.
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>Or the password file or the system manager's resume? Allowing access to
>non-database server objects is just not a good idea.
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Jim,

What security it's expose greater then external tables ?

What if the source directory be restricted as external tables and UDF's
are ?

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda.
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br



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