Variable or conditional home page for different users

Question

Lets say I have 2 groups of users, some from GROUP_MGR and others from GROUP_EMPLOYEE. I want each user to see a different home page. Lets say, when a user who belongs to GROUP_MGR logs in they should see page #1, but when a user from GROUP_EMPLOYEE logs in they should see page #2.
OK, so I have a plan and please let me know if this is off base.
STEP 1:
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To to my login page 101 and modify the "login" process which currently reads:
{color:#0000ff}wwv_flow_custom_auth_std.login(
P_UNAME => :P101_USERNAME,
P_PASSWORD => :P101_PASSWORD,
P_SESSION_ID => v('APP_SESSION'),
P_FLOW_PAGE => :APP_ID||':1'
);{color}
I will change this process to look like this (new code in red, existing code in blue)-----
{color:#ff0000}declare home_page varchar2(30);
begin
IF ( APEX_UTIL.CURRENT_USER_IN_GROUP(p_group_name=>'GROUP_MGR') )THEN
home_page := '1';
else
home_page := '2';
end if;
{color}
{color:#0000ff}wwv_flow_custom_auth_std.login(
P_UNAME => :P101_USERNAME,
P_PASSWORD => :P101_PASSWORD,
P_SESSION_ID => v('APP_SESSION'),
P_FLOW_PAGE => :APP_ID||':'|| home_page;
end;-----
{color}
Do you think my plan will work? Are there any other "hidden" settings I need to be aware of, or will I have any unintentional effects by trying this?
Thank you
Al
Edited by: user720285 on Mar 12, 2009 10:34 AM
Edited by: user720285 on Mar 12, 2009 10:35 AM
Edited by: user720285 on Mar 12, 2009 10:35 AM
Edited by: user720285 on Mar 12, 2009 10:35 AM
Edited by: user720285 on Mar 12, 2009 10:36 AM
Edited by: user720285 on Mar 12, 2009 10:37 AM

Answer 1

Hi Scott,
I'm not sure if Al was able to figure that out or not, but I have been fiddling with this also.
I am not sure if it will work.
Here's what I have so far:
declare
  p_app_id varchar2(32) := to_char(nvl(:G_APP_ID,:APP_ID));
  p_page_id varchar2(32) := to_char(nvl(:G_PAGE_ID,1));
begin
wwv_flow_custom_auth_std.login(
    P_UNAME       => :P101_USERNAME,
    P_PASSWORD    => :P101_PASSWORD,
    P_SESSION_ID  => v('APP_SESSION'),
    P_FLOW_PAGE   => p_app_id || ':' || p_page_id
end;Similar to what Al is trying to achieve, I am trying to take it one step further.
I am working in a single sign on model, so if I am coming from Application A, I will be redirected to Application B to authenticate first. At that time, I pass in App A's App ID and Page ID if it's provided. They are parsed out of the URL and stored in a global variable.
The nvl checks to see if an App ID exists and if not, then use the default :APP_ID. Same thing with Page ID.
When I try to log in after compiling the script, APEX spits the following error back:
Error ERR-10700 Unable to run custom pre-auth process.I am guessing we aren't allowed to mess with the custom auth package like that. Either that, or the syntax is wrong... I'm not sure which one it is either :(