SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_RESET_PASSWORD system procedure

This procedure is used in conjunction with NATIVE authentication. For details about NATIVE authentication, see derby.authentication.provider and "Configuring NATIVE authentication" in the Derby Security Guide.

Syntax

SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_RESET_PASSWORD(IN USERNAME VARCHAR(128),
IN PASSWORD VARCHAR(32672))

No result set is returned by this procedure.

USERNAME

A user name that is case-sensitive if you place the name string in double quotes. This user name is an authorization identifier. See "Authorization identifiers, user authentication, and user authorization" in the Derby Security Guide for more information about how these names are treated.

PASSWORD

A case-sensitive password.

Execute privileges

If authentication and SQL authorization are both enabled, only the database owner has execute privileges on this procedure by default. See "Configuring NATIVE authentication," "Configuring user authentication," and "Configuring user authorization" in the Derby Security Guide for more information. The database owner can grant access to other users.

JDBC example

Reset the password of a user named FRED:

CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall
("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_RESET_PASSWORD(?, ?)");
cs.setString(1, "fred");
cs.setString(2, "temppassword");
cs.execute();
cs.close();

Reset the password of a user named FreD:

CallableStatement cs = conn.prepareCall
("CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_RESET_PASSWORD(?, ?)");
cs.setString(1, "\"FreD\"");
cs.setString(2, "temppassword");
cs.execute();
cs.close();

SQL example

Reset the password of a user named FRED:

CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_RESET_PASSWORD('fred', 'temppassword')

Reset the password of a user named FreD:

CALL SYSCS_UTIL.SYSCS_RESET_PASSWORD('"FreD"', 'temppassword')