MDS Connection Database Question

Hi there,
My team is currently using Oracle BPM Suite to share process models and simulations between analysts (we are not doing any development work). We are currently using the BPM MDS connection internally to manage versions between Composer and JDeveloper (we build the models in Composer, where they are centrally stored, and run simulations in JDeveloper). One concern we have before setting this connection up for other external team members is that the database password is needed to set-up the configuration (we would have to manually set up the configuration for other users so that we don't have to give out the password) and once it is set-up the user seems to have access to the database through the IDE Connection.
Is the MDS set up to only be used by those with database access, making it a concern to set it up for a large amount of analysts who are only responsible for creating models (and we don't want them to have access to the database)? Or is this not a security concern to set up the connection for other analysts?
Thanks!
Joe

@nclow - I will work on trying the Factory Pattern for this over the weekend and post when I finish to see what you think.
@abillconsl - just to make sure I understand, you're saying that I just try to connect and it will cycle through the different database connection possibilities and connect when it finds the right one? If it fails all 3, log an appropriate message. One question I have about this is, I thought I was being object oriented by separating the different types of db connections (Oracle, SQL Server, MySql) into different classes. Am I missing the point of OOP by what I was/am trying to accomplish? Going overboard? Also, does your way try and connect to all 3 even if I connected to one already?
Thx, Grantarchy
Edited by: grantarchy on May 9, 2008 9:50 PM

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