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Hi - relatively new to MySQL & still coming to grips with its permissions system. Probably a slightly noob question - hope you don't mind! (should be easy then?) :)

SITUATION:
1) I want to set up a standard set of records in my database (DB) with values that ALL users can use to populate their records.
2) I have used a program to generate the DB in MySQL & a web front end to access it. It has also set up the DB to create user accounts with different levels of editing/viewing etc. privileges.
I have an Admin user (can insert/edit/view.delete everything) and a standard user (can insert/edit/view.delete everything within their "group" as defined by the program)
3) I used SQL inserts in phpMyAdmin to create the values as per my requirements in point (1)

PROBLEM:
The records inserted into the DB only can be seen by the Admin level user. The standard user with "group" privileges cannot see this. :-/
I do need to have "group" privileges in the DB so that only those within a group of users can insert/edit/delete/view each other's records.
However, I would also like to avoid forcing all users to end up having to manually enter in the generic information as stated in point (1) above.

How do I keep the records of a group within the group but define a set of records which EVERY user can access?

Thanks for reading this far, thinking it over and (hopefully a speedy) reply!

Cheers,
Kev

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You can assign only access privilege to the standard set of records (I assume they are in a separate table) to the group. So that they can certainly generate other records using values from the standard records but not edit/delete them in anyway.

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Thanks for reply! Been working on this so got the solution which is matching yours.

Cheers!
Kev

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If that solves the query mark the thread as solved so that people are aware of the fact and do not post anymore on this thread. Else we do have a lot of old threads revived unnecessarily.

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