4.5 IS_AUTHENTICATED Function

This function checks if the user is authenticated in the session and returns TRUE if the user is already logged in or FALSE if the user of the current session is not yet authenticated.

Syntax

APEX_AUTHENTICATION.IS_AUTHENTICATED
    RETURN BOOLEAN;

Parameters

None.

Example

In this example, IS_AUTHENTICATED is used to emit the username if the user has already logged in or a notification if the user has not.

if apex_authentication.is_authenticated then 
    sys.htp.p(apex_escape.html(:APP_USER)||', you are known to the system'); 
else 
    sys.htp.p('Please sign in'); 
end if;