> -----Original Message-----
> To ensure that there is no change in database between
> subsequent official turnoffs and turn ons my client is
> demanding "checksum of the database" to be implemented.
>

Why not have the database on its own removable hard drive, at the end of the
day he can simply pull it out of the server and take it with him.

OTOH he could beef up the security on his server so employees do not have
access to the file and no rights to backup/restore the database.

Rgds

Si Carter
http://www.tectsoft.net/
http://www.fbtalk.net/