Kbase P13718: How to verify if a user has entered the correct password?
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
11/5/2008 |
|
Status: Verified
GOAL:
How to verify if a user has entered the correct password?
FACT(s) (Environment):
All Supported Operating Systems
Progress 9.x
OpenEdge 10.x
FIX:
Use 4GL ENCODE function to verify whether a given string is the password for a given user. The following sample code checks whether the string 'jill' is the password for the user whose userid is 'jack':
FIND FIRST _User WHERE _user._userid = 'jack' NO-LOCK NO-ERROR.
IF AVAILABLE _User THEN
MESSAGE _user._password = ENCODE('jill')
VIEW-AS ALERT-BOX INFO BUTTONS OK.