AFTER ALTER ON DATABASE gives the old password value in Oracle

Question

I am writing a trigger to fetch the 'password' value when 'sys.users$' table gets updated.
CREATE OR REPLACE
TRIGGER Sys_User_Nm_Trg AFTER ALTER ON DATABASE
WHEN (ora_dict_obj_type = 'USER')
DECLARE
CURSOR get_pw IS
SELECT password
FROM sys.user$
WHERE name = ora_dict_obj_name;
user_pw_ VARCHAR2(100);
BEGIN
IF (ora_dict_obj_name != 'SYS' AND ora_dict_obj_name != 'SYSTEM') THEN
IF (ora_des_encrypted_password IS NOT NULL) THEN
OPEN get_pw;
FETCH get_pw INTO user_pw_;
CLOSE get_pw;
END IF;
END IF;
END;
But this cursor gives the old 'password' not the changed 'password' value. But if I run
SELECT password
FROM sys.user$
WHERE name = ora_dict_obj_name;
in a separate transaction it gives the correct changed value. Is there something that I should change in the trigger to fetch the updated value for the password?
Thanks in advance!
Edited by: 986412 on Feb 7, 2013 12:11 AM
Edited by: 986412 on Feb 7, 2013 3:17 AM

Answer 1

What is the purpose of the trigger ?