STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION Function

This function returns formatted HTML in a VARCHAR2 result based on whether or not a proposed password meets the password strength requirements as defined by the Oracle Application Express site administrator.

Syntax

FUNCTION STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION(
    p_username                    IN  VARCHAR2,
    p_password                    IN  VARCHAR2,
    P_OLD_PASSWORD                IN  VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    P_WORKSPACE_NAME              IN  VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2;

Parameters

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

STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_username`	Username that identifies the account in the current workspace
`p_password`	Password to be checked against password strength rules
`p_old_password`	Current password for the account. Used only to enforce "new password must differ from old" rule
`p_workspace_name`	Current workspace name, used only to enforce "password must not contain workspace name" rule

Example

The following example shows how to use the STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION procedure. It checks the new password 'foo' for the user 'SOMEBODY' meets all the password strength requirements defined by the Oracle Application Express site administrator. If any of the checks fail, then the example outputs formatted HTML showing details of where the new password fails to meet requirements.

DECLARE
      l_username                    varchar2(30);
      l_password                    varchar2(30);
      l_old_password                varchar2(30);
      l_workspace_name              varchar2(30);
BEGIN
    l_username := 'SOMEBODY';
    l_password := 'foo';
    l_old_password := 'foo';
    l_workspace_name := 'XYX_WS';

    HTP.P(APEX_UTIL.STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION(
        p_username                    => l_username,
        p_password                    => l_password,
        p_old_password                => l_old_password,
        p_workspace_name              => l_workspace_name));
END;