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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: userid & Password
Hi dennis,
i.e the user hasnt logged in yet. when he tries to login to the database how does the front end check with the databases userid & password since the password is in encrypted form in the database.
Varma.
--- Dennis Taylor <ismgr_at_pctc.com> wrote:
> At 10:41 AM 10/31/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Say for example i have a login screen on the
> client
> >> machine running in VB when i grab the username
> and
> >> password, How do i check with the username and
> >> password within the database is there a way by
> oracle
> >> to do that?
> >>
>
> Do you mean, if you are already logged in, can you
> tell if a given
> name/password is valid? Or do you mean, if you are
> logged in, can you tell
> if a given name/password is the same one you're
> logged on as? Or do you you
> mean, if you're not logged in, can you tell if a
> given name/password is
> valid without actually logging on?
>
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