Users require a password to connect to the database instance (start a
database session).Syntax
<password> ::= <identifier> | <first_password_character>[<identifier_tail_character>...]
identifier, identifier_tail_character<first_password_character> ::= <letter> | <extended_letter> | <language_specific_letter> | <digit>
letter, extended_letter, language_specific_letter, digitExplanation
Passwords are truncated after 18 characters.
SQL statement for defining a user password
CREATE USER statementSQL statement for changing a user password
ALTER PASSWORD statement