Using special characters in ORACLE DB passwords

Using special characters in ORACLE DB passwords

 
Using special characters in ORACLE DB passwords. Most times we restrict our selves from using complicated special characters as we think that we can't use them in passwords, but in oracle DB world we are allowed to use most special characters as passwords. See this simple example to see how to use special char's in passwords and login.




To log into DB using cmdline we need to use single quote ''. else oracle some times doesn't recognize the password. See below example :

I created a user with password using special characters.

SQL> alter user C##atest identified by "atest113..";

User C##ATEST altered.

[oracle@Linux03 admin]$ sqlplus C##atest/atest113..

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed Jul 20 16:39:56 2016

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied


Solution to this is to use single quote:

[oracle@Linux03 admin]$ sqlplus C##atest/"atest113$$"

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed Jul 20 16:41:44 2016

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

ERROR:
ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied


Enter user-name: ^C

press ctrl+c to escape from this line


[oracle@Linux03 admin]$ sqlplus C##atest/'atest113$$&&'

SQL*Plus: Release 12.1.0.2.0 Production on Wed Jul 20 16:43:20 2016

Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle.  All rights reserved.

Last Successful login time: Wed Jul 20 2016 16:42:54 -05:00

Connected to:
Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options

SQL> show user
USER is "C##ATEST"

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 12.1.0.2.0 - 64bit Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options
[oracle@Linux03 admin]$ sqlplus C##atest/atest113$$&&