> I have a couple questions about IB_SQL's User Account Management.
>
> 1) If I just start up IB_SQL, go to the Connection tab, and click on the
> "Administer Users..." icon, I'm presented with the "User Account
> Management" screen. If I try to do anything, I get an error message
> that says, "DatabaseName cannot be blank". It only works if I fill in
> the database name before clicking the icon. Why is that? Isn't user
> account management completely distinct from database files? In the past
> (with Server Manager and IBConsole), there was (rightly) no need to
> connect to an actual database to administer users. All that was needed
> was to log into the server. Why is that different here?

The server manager tool doesn't use the published portions of the API. I had
to use the new API methods given in IB 5.x and they require a connection
handle so a connection to the server is a must.

> 2) When entering a new password for a user, there's no "confirm
> password" prompt. I think that's a very important thing to have when
> entering a password, in case of a finger slip. If you don't have to
> confirm the new password (especially when changing the SYSDBA password),
> you could really mess things up. Any reason that's not there?

Because I'm lazy and am annoyed by having to type something twice.


If you would like to add it in and send me the modified files I'll go ahead
and merge it in if you like.

Regards,
Jason Wharton
CPS - Mesa AZ
http://www.ibobjects.com