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Thanks to you both for your replies. If a user forgets his password sneuberg, he has the chance to reset it. The problem with having passwords stored in plain text is that a hacker could easily log-in to that account. Thanks again.

Hello I have a small Web site that I am still testing and that uses a MS Access database and a 'register new user' and 'log-in' page. The database consists of a table in which there are columns for 'username', 'email' and 'password'. The 'register new user' and 'log-in' pages work in that the...

Hello At the moment, I have a simple online table (MS Access 2007) with two columns: I am proposing to salt/hash the user's password, so would I need to set up my table like this: And if I do set up my columns as above, do I delete that password column altogether as storing...

OK, thanks for your help. I think we have eliminated the Access side of things, so I suppose that's some progress!

Hello Mark Thanks for your reply. I have now set the character length in Access (password column) to 255 and the error message has changed. It is now: System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. It refers to this particular line: binarySaltValue(0) =...

Hello CJ London It's a password that has been salted and hashed (encrypted) so instead of the code inserting something like John Brown (username) password123 (password), 'password' would be rendered in the Access password column as something like: d5ec75d5fe70d428685510fae36492d9 I am...

Hello I get the above error when I try to insert text data into my Access 'password' column. Does the error mean that the field is too small to accommodate the data I am trying to insert into it? In Design View, it says 'Field Size: 50'. I am not sure what 50 is? 50 characters? Can I make...

Hello I am hoping to put together a form for users who have forgotten their passwords. There are different ways of tackling that problem, but I tend to prefer having a form field on a Web page that a user types his email address into. When the user has entered his email address and pressed...

I have made the folder 'trusted' now, thanks, and the security warning has disappeared. Thanks again to you both!

Hello When I open my Access database, I immediately get this security warning (please see screenshot). What does that mean, please? Thank you.

Hello llkhoutx I think it's all working now, thanks. It was a code problem. I am still weak, though, when it comes to MS Access databases! Thanks for your time. Steve

Hello Thank you for your reply. Yes, I am attaching a zipped file. Thanks for your time. Steve

Hello I have a MDB file that I am unable to transfer to my online server (I get a 'critical transfer error' message. I am, however, able to upload other MS Access databases to the same server using the same FTP software. This points to a problem either with this particular database itself or...