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Distributed Tuning Interface


The changes to Distributed Tuning Interface (DTI) for this release are:

New Flags for Security

allow you to specify a security model when creating or modifying a database, and to allow you to query the security model of an existing database. The changes take the form of new database flags and affect the following functions:

The new database flags for these functions are:

Flag
Hex
Meaning
P_DBFLAG_DBSEC_AUTHENTICATION
0x00000008
Database Security Authentication
P_DBFLAG_DBSEC_AUTHORIZATION
0x00000010
Database Security Authorization

The following table indicates how to specify a security model in a new database, or to interpret the security model of an existing database.

This Flag Combination
Represents this Security Model
No flags
Classic
P_DBFLAG_DBSEC_AUTHENTICATION
Mixed
P_DBFLAG_DBSEC_AUTHENTICATION + P_DBFLAG_DBSEC_AUTHORIZATION
Database

Catalog Functionality

If you use the PvCreateDictionary() or PvOpenDictionary() functions, you should note that the functionality to open a dictionary based on a path will be deprecated in the future. Currently, you can use these functions as they were originally designed, including the use of enforced SQL security by rights defined in USER.DDF and RIGHTS.DDF.


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