Logging on to the Database
August 16, 1998
It is important to note that for most databases, you will actually need to log on. That is, most databases implement a security system that gives various users different privileges to do different things such as READ ONLY or READ/WRITE.
Most likely, your database administrator will have provided you with a login name and a password. She will also have either provided you with the net address of the database so you can log in remotely, or has given you a direct command line shell.
Once you are logged in to a database, you can begin to populate the database with data or extract already existing data. Let's look first at populating the database.
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