CHAPTER11Row-Level Security with Virtual Private Database

For many years, Oracle’s customers repeatedly asked for a logical and elegant method for applying security policies to the data within database tables. And for many years, Oracle responded by saying, “Use views with functions.” As Chapter 10 illustrates, in many circumstances this is just not a practical solution. Oracle, recognizing their customer’s needs, introduced Virtual Private Database (VPD) technology with Oracle Database 8.1.5.

This chapter illustrates how VPD can be used to provide row-level security. The chapter begins with a “Quick Start” section that introduces you to the ease and power that VPD can provide. This section can also serve as a refresher for you later.

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