Oracle JDeveloper 10g for Forms & PL/SQL Developers: A Guide to Web Development with Oracle ADF
by Peter Koletzke, Duncan Mills
Where Is the Login Dialog?
In discussing configurations, we mentioned the database connection definition, so at this point, it’s probably a good idea to think about how the database login works. Many PL/SQL and Oracle Forms developers find this area rather confusing when dealing with an ADF Business Components application because they never see a login dialog.
Authenticating a user login for Oracle Forms and PL/SQL developers will nearly always mean the use of one of two methodologies. Either the user logs in with an individual database account or the user logs in as some shared database user account (usually automatically), but then has to authenticate through an application security layer, which maintains its own concept of users and roles. ...
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