4.9 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

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');