On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 04:31:45PM +0100, Jensen Somers wrote: > > But, from your initial reply I understood that a user can simply browse > to my database installation folder (e.g.: C:/ProgramData/MyApp/data), > read out and/or modify a configuration file and he can access the entire > database and modify the data. And that's what I want to prevent. Dunno about CE, but this is also trivial using SQLite. But also, given your needs, I wonder pretty seriously whether Postgres is the right thing for your application. It sounds like this is always single-user with no contention. Postgres is a bad fit for that. Use SQLite or one of the other things that target embedded use. A -- Andrew Sullivan ajs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general