Sharepoint 2007 : How to set column level permission?

Question

I would like to set the column level permission on list in Sharepoint 2007. I would appreciate help.

Example:

I would like to employee to fill other information in the form but not allow them to change the salary. Only admin can change certain fields.

Solution 1

You cannot do that.

SharePoint does not support column level security.

You would need to extend SharePoint to achieve this...

Take a look here. http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SecureField

Solution 2

Correct, there are no Column level premissions for SharePoint. However, a nice an easy workaround that I use all the time for this scenario is to create Custom List Forms and use the "display" option for the column to do not want users to edit. You then create an Edit form where the fields are editable for those that are authorized to edit the entry. Hope this helps.