can we give a copy of a database to someone and it be packaged in such a way so that they cannot see the table structure / design?

  • can we give a copy of a database to someone and it be packaged in such a way so that they cannot see the table structure / design????????

    Thanks in advance,

    suresh.

  • No.

    Give someone a database and you're giving them full and complete control over the schema and data.

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  • What are you trying to achieve Suresh?

    Even if you provided all of the data in .csv files or in a massive Excel spreadsheet the person will still be able to see the layout of the tables, although they wouldn't be able to see any of the key relationships, triggers, indexes, stored procedures etc...

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