Re: Row Level Security in 8.1.6 ?

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:19:22 GMT, in comp.databases.oracle.server, Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_comcast.net> scribbled:

>Brian Peasland wrote:
>>>Is RLS supported in release 8.1.6 ?
>>
>>
>> RLS as most people know it appeared in Oracle 9i. However, there is a
>> RLS implementation pre-8i, but you'd need an add-on product called
>> Trusted Oracle to implement it.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Brian
>>
>
>RLS (or VPD) was an Oracle8i feature. Trusted Oracle was last supported
>on Oracle7, and was a seperate version of the product, rather than an
>add on. It also required a trusted version of the operating system
>
>
>To the OP, yes, RLS (VPD) is supported in 8.1.6, but is an Enterprise
>Edition feature.

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