You mean like how oracle hides the encrypted password values for 11g dba_users view? Notice how oracle does it to mask data for dba_users: select u.name, u.user#, decode(u.password, 'GLOBAL', u.password, 'EXTERNAL', u.password, NULL), m.status,...... joe _______________________________________ Joe Testa, Oracle Certified Professional Senior Engineering & Administration Lead (Work) 614-677-1668 (Cell) 614-312-6715 Interested in helping out your marriage? Ask me about "Weekend to Remember" Dec 11-13, 2009 here in Columbus. From: "J. Dex" <cemail_219@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 11/13/2009 09:27 AM Subject: Views and security Sent by: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx We are trying to implement some security via some views. Is it possible to create a view that shows all of the columns in the table, but some of the columns do not show the actual data? For example, column 1 would appear and it would be possible to see all of the data. Column 2 would show the column name but none of the data. What would the syntax for something like that be? Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now.