Put a student's name in a database that they can't delete (1 Viewer)

[poppet]

hi,
strange question. i am looking at placing a student's name or some id in their database so they can see it somewhere. then they will be less likely to send completed databases to their colleagues. hopefully, they won't be able to easily remove this identification.

these students are doing an elementary qualification. they have never seen a database before.
thanks,
david.

 

[Gasman]

Make it a db property. Once created and set, do not update it.
However, they might still discover it if they have access to the code.

 

[theDBguy]

Hi. Welcome to AWF!

I like the property idea as well. Or, you could go as drastic as deleting all data if the db was opened by a different user.

 

[Pat Hartman]

If you don't tell the students it's there, they probably don't have the knowledge to go looking for it. So name the database JohnnyD and create a custom property that you can associate with JohnnyD. So when you get the database back and you open up SuzieQ, and see JohnnyD in the property, you know there has been cheating.