Working with external tables
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Updated at March 27, 2024
How are user credentials transmitted when working with external tables?
When working with external tables over the PXF protocol, user credentials are transmitted as plaintext. Therefore, such credentials are only available to the administrator with the MDB_ADMIN role, while other users have no access to them for security reasons.
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