Re: User Update of Passwords

A copy of this was sent to wfrye_at_mnsinc.com (if that email address didn't require changing) On Tue, 29 Sep 1998 12:59:18 GMT, you wrote:

>Is there a technique by which we can create a routine through which users can
>update their own passwords?
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quite simply they may execute the following sql statment:

ALTER USER <theirname> IDENTIFIED BY <newpassword>;

If you are using forms, you can do this quite easily with forms_ddl() by putting the above into a string and executing it...  

Thomas Kyte
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