User registration

Question

I would like to do the following:
1. User registers (this will create a user saved in a database table).
2. A screen states that an email will be sent to him shortly asking him to activate the registration ID.
3. An email is sent to the user's email address asking for him/her to click a hyperlink to activate his registration
4. By clicking the hyperlink in the email, a process is performed which updates the database table that the user is activated
5. The user can then continue with the application.
I know how to do steps 1 through 3 bu how can I accomplish step 4?
Thanks,
Robert

Answer 1

Hi,
Could something like this work:
Add to your user table registration id e.g. using sys_guid() and flag is registration confirmed.
Create register confirm page e.g. 250 and hidden item to page P250_REGISTER_ID.
Set page as public
Then send link like
http://yourserver:port/pls/apex/f?p=APP_ID:250:::NO::P250_REGISTER_ID:REG_ID
Change APP_ID to be your application id and dynamically REG_ID to be what you did generated from sys_guid() for that user.
Then create to page 250 after header process that check P250_REGISTER_ID and set registration confirmed flag to your user table.
You can have e.g. 2 regions with info on page 250 and show those according check of P250_REGISTER_ID and if user has already confirm registration and so on ....
This was shortly how it might be done/work. Hope it helps
Br, Jari