Discoverer Login using Application User

Question

Hi,
we have a portal developed using adf and jsf where the usernames and passwords are stored in the table when the user enters the login and password information a procedure check is the user is valid and logs into the application we have VPD to control the security.
Now i want to pass the logged in username ( Application user ) as application_user parameter,to discoverer url and use it in the post login trigger. How can i achive this ? I am passing the oracle username and password to connect to the database in the url using post method.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Hi,
You are right you cannot pass the Discoverer password in a URL unless you use a HTTP Post transaction.
If you are using Oracle Applications you can connect directly to Discoverer from an Applications form function or use SSO.
If you are using some custom application and the username is not a database user, then you could using a common database username/password and run a logon workbook then runs your custom logon process. The application username and password would then be in the parameters to the workbook in the URL and not Discoverer usernames and passwords.
Hope that is clear.
Rod West