Why Is the Database Password Protected?

Last Updated: 

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Software/Versions Affected:

• IGDB›All

The data in the IGDB has gone through a rigorous review process. In order to maintain the integrity of the data, the database is protected by a password and some other mechanisms in order to avoid (accidental) tampering with the data.

One option for obtaining the spectral data for the records in the IGDB is to import the IGDB into the WINDOW program, and then look at the Microsoft Access database that WINDOW uses, called w7.mdb. That database is not password protected, and the optical data can be viewed by opening that database. 

If WINDOW is installed in the default location, then the database file will be

w7.mdb

and it will be located here

C:\Users\Public\LBNL\WINDOW<version>