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[Christian Graus]

Magic. For a better answer, you'll need to tell us how you created your login box in the first place. Given that you're in the SQL forum, I'm hoping you have a database with a table of usernames and passwords. If that is so, I'd have thought all you need to do is add to this table. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Yulianto]

Christian Graus wrote: you need to do is add edit to this table.

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[Christian Graus]

Depends on what you mean by edit. He needs to add a row if he wants to add a new user, assuming everything is set up decently. However, if you regard adding a row as editing, and adding a column as adding, then you'd be right. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Yulianto]

Now I would like to change the password and or user id. How can I do that? By editing/ updating the record/row.

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[Christian Graus]

OK - you've got me. He needs to change a row, and I'm an idiot. :-) I missed the 'or'. One has to hope he doesn't intend on only having one user, but changing the details from time to time. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Yulianto]

Christian Graus wrote: I'm an idiot Nah, you're just didn't read it carefully.

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[Desi Bravo]

What i like to do since i already have the login box that i need to enter a user id and a password, I would need to change the password time to time. How about adding more users with passwords? I am fairly new to this sql server programming, but I am also using the MS Access to make it easier to understand what I am doing. Even though, all I have to do is change the Access to sql, and vice and versa. How can I do that? bravo659

[Christian Graus]

I reiterate - I need to know where your username and password are coming from, and how you use them, to answer more fully. However, if they are in a tabe of usernames and passwords, then you should be checking log in by looking for a username/password pair in the DB that's the same as what was entered. So you just need to edit a row to change the password, or add a row to add a user. If the user is used for any authentication, etc, it should also have an ID, and any reference to the user done via ID. Then you can change the name, too. If you have an Access DB and a SQL server one, and you don't use stored procedures, I'd imagine you could just connect to either from your code with no trouble. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Desi Bravo]

What I am using is a userID and password in the Access DB tables. What I would need to know is when I add a new child form, what would be the code to add and change a password. In the first form for userid and password it has two textoxes, two buttons for login and exit. Now, the child form would be with a three textbox, one for old password, change to new password, and authenticate new password. If i want to change the username then I would create change username button which another form would appear to change the username. I really dont know how to code these changes. Could you help me in this instance. bravo659

[Christian Graus]

UPDATE tblLogin SET password = 'newpassword' where username = 'DessiBravo' INSERT INTO tblLogin (username, password) VALUES ('christianGraus', 'hisPassword') This is, of course, pseudo code in that I have no idea about your database schema. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

[Anonymous]

I greatly appreciate for your assistance. I got the gist of it. Another thing, how is C++. I am planning to go back to college to take up computer programming, and the school offers C++. I am currently using VB.Net. How is the comparison between the two.

[Christian Graus]

VB.Net is a good language for knocking together basic applications without too much effort. C++ is harder to learn, because it's more powerful and more flexible. I'd recommend buying a book like 'Teach yourself C++ in 24 hours' in order to get a feel for it before signing on for a course. It's very different to VB.NET. However, whatever languages you learn, I think you're always better off for knowing at least 2 well, it makes you more of a programmer and less of a slave to one language. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++