STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION Function

This function returns formatted HTML in a VARCHAR2 result based on whether or not a proposed password meets the password strength requirements as defined by the Oracle Application Express site administrator.

Syntax

FUNCTION STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION(
    p_username                    IN  VARCHAR2,
    p_password                    IN  VARCHAR2,
    P_OLD_PASSWORD                IN  VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL,
    P_WORKSPACE_NAME              IN  VARCHAR2)
    RETURN VARCHAR2
    ;

Parameters

Table: STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION Parameters describes the parameters available in the STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION function.

STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION Parameters

Parameter	Description
`p_username`	Username that identifies the account in the current workspace
`p_password`	Password to be checked against password strength rules
`p_old_password`	Current password for the account. Used only to enforce "new password must differ from old" rule
`p_workspace_name`	Current workspace name, used only to enforce "password must not contain workspace name" rule

Example

DECLARE
      l_username                    varchar2(30);
      l_password                    varchar2(30);
      l_old_password                varchar2(30);
      l_workspace_name              varchar2(30);
BEGIN
    l_username := 'SOMEBODY';
    l_password := 'foo';
    l_old_password := 'foo';
    l_workspace_name := 'XYX_WS';

HTP.P(APEX_UTIL.STRONG_PASSWORD_VALIDATION(
      p_username                    => l_username,
      p_password                    => l_password,
      p_old_password                => l_old_password,
      p_workspace_name              => l_workspace_name,

    IF l_min_length_err THEN
        htp.p('Password is too short');
    END IF;

    IF l_new_differs_by_err THEN
        htp.p('Password is too similar to the old password');
    END IF;

    IF l_one_alpha_err THEN
        htp.p('Password must contain at least one alphabetic character');
    END IF;

    IF l_one_numeric_err THEN
        htp.p('Password  must contain at least one numeric character');
    END IF;

    IF l_one_punctuation_err THEN
        htp.p('Password  must contain at least one punctuation character');
    END IF;

    IF l_one_lower_err THEN
        htp.p('Password must contain at least one lower-case character');
    END IF;
    IF l_not_like_username_err THEN
        htp.p('Password may not contain the username');
    END IF;

    IF l_not_like_workspace_name_err THEN
        htp.p('Password may not contain the workspace name');
    END IF;

    IF l_not_like_words_err THEN
        htp.p('Password contains one or more prohibited common words');
    END IF;

END;