> > I think I prefer availability to password unless it is my tree. > > After all many of my facts were given to me by others. > > I have a bit of experience with this, and although my situation is > somewhat different, my approach might be useful to others. > > My database requires a password to access. However, you can only > get a password if you are already in the database - anyone not in > the database has no possibility to browse it at all - but given the > nature and definition of the database, it is not a problem. > > Once you get in, you are restricted in what you can look at - you > can look at all the available records for anyone born before 1700, > but for more recent data (and keep in mind that around one third of > the database are living individuals), you are restricted to yourself > and your relatives. > > Finally, there is no easily-copyable text. You can view trees, but > they are represented as graphics like this: > > http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k109/Adinos/tree.jpg (my own tree) > > You can also view individual records, bit it's the same story - they > are not accessible as plain ASCII text either. > > Am I paranoid? perhaps, but at least I can be reasonably certain > that nobody will be copying the database without my permission. > > [email protected] I wouldn't want the password - the more viewers the better. I like the "view but not accessible" except by me. Is that a function of .jpg? Hugh [email protected] (J. Hugh Sullivan)