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Context-sensitive authorization in an RDBMS

US6289344A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 11, 1998
Grant dateSep 11, 2001
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Expiry dateMay 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S707/99939
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for a computer implemented authorization system. A statement is to be executed by a computer to manipulate data in a database stored on a data storage device connected to the computer. Initially, an environment of the database from which the statement was invoked is identified. Additionally, a security option is identified. Then, authorization privileges for the statement are determined based on the identified environment and security option.

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