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Pieceguy
May 05, 2025Copper Contributor
Block users from exporting queries and tables
First off apologies very new to access and databases in general, but I am having an issue where users can just grab my queries/tables out of my access database with excel. I'd like to know how I can ...
GustavBrock
May 12, 2025MVP
And when you have spend hours and days on "securing" the database, the users just select the records of a form and copy-paste them into Excel ...
MendipDataSystems
May 12, 2025Copper Contributor
LOL.
Of course it’s also possible to block those actions! 😏
However, this again raises the point that no Access database can ever be made 100% secure. If you block one ‘back door’, determined users will search for another weakness. Security is only as strong as its weakest part.