Is there any possible way to set permissions at a column level for a list? I know that by default, you cannot hide a column from a content type without using outside site features, so I'm using SharePoint List Display Settings to be able to hide a "Status" option from the Discussion content type of a Help Request Discussion Board I've made. However, I want someone who would be in charge of answering these request to update the status using the "Message" content type (From "Pending" to "In Progress", or from "In Progress", to "Resolved"), but I don't want the user asking the question to accomplish the same thing. Is there any way to make it so I can set permission levels for the "Status" column, even if I need to use some sort of outside site feature, or would there be a way, if I made two "Message" content types, to associate one to users asking questions, and a different one to those answering the questions?Thanks in advance,-Nate

Out of the box, SharePoint provides no column level security solution.There are various custom approaches including event receivers, workflow, custom forms and probably others.This subject comes up a lot on the forums. I'd search here for other people's suggestions.--Paul Galvin of EMC Consulting, New York area Microsoft MVP - SharePoint Blogging @ http://feeds.feedburner.com/PaulGalvinsSharepointSpace Twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/pagalvin

Had any one got any solution ?

I couldn't find any OOB solution for this scenario. Though there are couple of good post for implementing this using custom code. I like this post.-Bhanu Singh