4.11 POST_LOGIN Procedure

This procedure authenticates the user in the current session. It runs a subset of login(), without steps 1 and 2. For steps, see "LOGIN Procedure." It is primarily useful in authentication schemes where user credentials checking is done externally to Application Express.

Syntax

APEX_AUTHENTICATION.POST_LOGIN ( 
    p_username IN VARCHAR2, 
    p_password IN VARCHAR2, 
    p_uppercase_username IN BOOLEAN DEFAULT TRUE ); 

Parameters

Table 4-6 APEX_AUTHENTICATION.POST_LOGIN Procedure Parameters

Parameters	Description
p_username	The user's name.
p_password	The user's password.
p_uppercase_username	If TRUE then p_username is converted to uppercase.

Example

This procedure call passes user credentials, username and password, to the authentication scheme to finalize the user's authentication.

apex_authentication.post_login('JOE USER', 'mysecret');

Note:

"LOGIN Procedure"