Simulating authentication

Question

Hi,
I've been trying to authenticate users programatically, using the WWSSO_API.authenticate_user('username','password',null,{a_number}) and I keep getting User-defined exception's if the password is correct, and ORASSO.WWSSO_API.AUTH_FAILURE_EXCEPTION if the username and password don't match.
So without adding "if user-defined exception -> valid, else -> invalid" to the code, what would be a better way to do this? is there something i'm doing terribly wrong?
Here's the code i'm testing in sqldeveloper:
DECLARE
v_ret NUMBER;
BEGIN
ORASSO.WWSSO_API.authenticate_user('oaarcladmin','Test1234',null,v_ret);
EXCEPTION
--Snipping catching the exceptions in the package
WHEN others THEN
dbms_output.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM );
END;
Also, I'm expecting to use this in Java, and when I try to call the procedure in java i get:
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error
ORA-06512: at "ORASSO.WWSSO_API", line 44
ORA-06512: at line 1
Thanks in advance,
-Rob

Answer 1

to simulate that kind of security protocol you don't have to use the smart cards, and i don't recommend it either(it's hard to debug)
My humble advice is: Develop in some other technology and then port it to Java Card.