Password changing question on version 7.3.4 db

From: tim <tjbezekzzspam_at_comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 13:18:49 GMT
Message-ID: <ZAVeb.201762$mp.123430@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net>

I'm working on an app running Oracle Forms 6i and 7.3.4 db. The forms users have oracle db username/passwords. I have a form that allows the user to change their password by calling forms_ddl('alter user ....

I need to make password changes mandatory instead of voluntary.

My question is, this version of the db does not have the PASSWORD_REUSE_MAX parameter to prevent the user from simply reusing their expired password, so how can I
prevent this? Is it possible to somehow retrieve the user's password (only when it has
expired and is time to change) to compare it within the form? I don't want to store the
passwords in a table if I can help it.

Thanks,

Tim Received on Thu Oct 02 2003 - 08:18:49 CDT