PASSWORD

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Purpose

Provides access to protected data by passing a password to the database language environment. Use this variable with LOGIN to incorporate the security algorithms of DB2.

OS/400 Users: OS/400 ignores both LOGIN and PASSWORD if the DATABASE variable is not defined or if it is set to a value of "*LOCAL". Database access is routed through the user profile under which Net.Data is running.

Security tip: While you can code this value in the Net.Data macro, it is preferable to have application users enter passwords in an HTML form.

Specify the value of this variable using a DEFINE statement or with the @DTW_ASSIGN() function.

Values

PASSWORD="password"

Table 20. PASSWORD Values
Values Description
password Specifies a valid password to provide automatic access to the database language environment.

Examples

Example 1: Restricting access to application users with the password NETDATA

%DEFINE PASSWORD="NETDATA"

Example 2: HTML form input line

PASSWORD&#58; <input type="password" name="password" size=8 />

This example shows a line you can include as part of an HTML form for application users to input their own passwords.


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