https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/47.aspxFor questions concerning issues in the integration of SQL and Microsoft InfoPath.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/17058.aspxTue, 25 Oct 2005 19:23:47 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:17058Patrick Halstead0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/17058.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=47&PostID=17058Hi Nasgul,<br />Yes, if you aren't using some kind of user-authentication (which would be better) encryption is probably your best bet.<br /><br />Patrick Halstead [InfoPath MVP]<br />InfoPathDevhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/16750.aspxTue, 25 Oct 2005 12:10:45 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:16750mephisto0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/16750.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=47&PostID=16750hello,<br /><br />i have a form with different database connections. depending on user-actions it is necessary to read/write/update data from db. all this is no problem, but if i didn`t enter the name and password for the secondary connection to the db, the users have to enter the name/pass for the connection! but i don´t want to tell anybody the right account for this (and i think they won`t do this). so i typed the account in and saved it with the form.<br />the problem is that anybody who will get the account, can get it because it`s cleartext...<br /><br />how can i first: offer the comfort that they won`t enter the name/pass and second: get the password maybe encrypted????