Ethan Rosenberg wrote: > Dear List - > > I have a database: > > mysql> show tables; > +---------------------+ > | Tables_in_hospital2 | > +---------------------+ > | Intake3 | > | Visit3 | > +---------------------+ > > > mysql> describe Intake3; > +--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | Site | varchar(6) | NO | PRI | | | > | MedRec | int(6) | NO | PRI | NULL | | > | Fname | varchar(15) | YES | | NULL | | > | Lname | varchar(30) | YES | | NULL | | > | Phone | varchar(30) | YES | | NULL | | > | Height | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | > | Sex | char(7) | YES | | NULL | | > | Hx | text | YES | | NULL | | > +--------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > > mysql> describe Visit3; > +--------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +--------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > | Indx | int(4) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | > | Site | varchar(6) | YES | | NULL | | > | MedRec | int(6) | YES | | NULL | | > | Notes | text | YES | | NULL | | > | Weight | int(4) | YES | | NULL | | > | BMI | decimal(3,1) | YES | | NULL | | > | Date | date | YES | | NULL | | > +--------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ > > I want Bob to have access to all tables and fields, with all privileges. > I want John to have read access to Visit3: fields [Site, MedRec, > Weight, BMI] > > 1] How do I do it? > 2] In the case that I have two users with write access to a table, how > do I lock the tables/fields so that the two users can not change the > same varible at the same time? > > Thanks. > > Ethan Start with http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/privilege-system.html Cheers -- David Robley Heads I win, tails you lose. Today is Setting Orange, the 15th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3178. -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php