AUTHENTICATE Function

The AUTHENTICATE function returns a boolean true if the user name and password can be used to perform a SIMPLE_BIND_S, call using the provided search base, host, and port.

Syntax

APEX_LDAP.AUTHENTICATE(
    p_username     IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_password     IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    p_search_base  IN VARCHAR2,
    p_host         IN VARCHAR2,
    p_port         IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 389)
RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

Table: AUTHENTICATE Parameters describes the parameters available in the AUTHENTICATE function.

AUTHENTICATE Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_username`	Login name of the user.
`p_password`	Password for `p_username`.
`p_search_base`	LDAP search base, for example, `dc=users,dc=my,dc=org`.
`p_host`	LDAP server host name.
`p_port`	LDAP server port number.

Example

The following example demostrates how to use the APEX_LDAP.AUTHENTICATE function to verify user credentials against an LDAP Server.

IF APEX_LDAP.AUTHENTICATE(
    p_username =>'firstname.lastname',
    p_password =>'abcdef',
    p_search_base => 'cn=user,l=amer,dc=my_company,dc=com',
    p_host => 'our_ldap_sever.my_company.com',
    p_port => 389) THEN
    dbms_output.put_line('authenticated');
ELSE
    dbms_output.put_line('authentication failed');
END IF;