The following diagram describes the authentication flow of SSO support in Oracle Forms the first time the user requests an OracleAS Forms Services URL:

1. The user requests a Forms URL.

2. The Forms Servlet redirects the user to the SSO server.

3. The user provides user name and password through Login form.

4. The password is verified through OID (LDAP Server).

5. The user gets redirected to the URL with sso_userid information.

6. Forms Servlet gets the database credentials from OID.

7. Forms Servlet sets the userid parameter in the Runform session and the applet connects to the Forms Listener Servlet.

8. Forms Servlet starts the Forms Server.