Oracle jdbc and user passwords

From: Steven Hauser <hause011_at_garnet.tc.umn.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 1998 17:46:47 -0500
Message-ID: <6rvesn$n09$1@garnet.tc.umn.edu>

We connect with a java servlet run by JavaWebServer1.1 to Oracle 8.0.4 on AIX.

con = (Connection) DriverManager.getConnection (

      connectionURL, connectionUser, connectionPassword);

The oracle jdbc is a most entertaining tool since the password seems to have to be in lowercase a-z for it to work. When we change the password to '3L1t3', for example, it does not work. ora-010117 error.

Although Sqlplus and everything else will work just fine. Change the stupid user password to 'elite' and jdbc servlet connects OK!

Maybe this is a security feature and not a bug. Or maybe Oracle needs a rewrite to get a little consistency in it instead of this hang another utility ducktaped to the worn out bag of tricks design. --  

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Steven Hauser, hause011_at_tc.umn.edu

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