In 11g Oracle supports password to be case sensitive. But the password can be case insensitive depending on value of "PASSWORD_VERSIONS" and "sec_case_sensitive_logon". In 11g dba_users view has a new column called "PASSWORD_VERSIONS", it can have 3 possible values "10G", "10G 11G", "11G". Below shows what they mean along with parameter "sec_case_sensitive_logon". Scenario when the … Continue reading Oracle passwords in 11g →