I ma using the cx_Oracle module in python to connect and query an oracle database.
import cx_Oracle
I have built a tkinter widget so the user can be prompted for their username and password which, in turn, will get passed into the user/password portion of the connect method:
username = 'user'
password = 'password'
db = cx_Oracle.connect('{0}/{1}@//random.company:1234/db1.company.com'.format(username, password))
This all works well when the user inputs their correct username and password in the first try however when they don't, I need some logic to iteratively re-try their username and/or password.
The error that is thrown when the wrong credentials are entered is this:
cx_Oracle.DatabaseError: ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied
I've been digging around the interweb for a while now and I can't really seem to find something that works for me. It seems like a lot of the things I've come across involves checking username and passwords against a known dictionary or something along those lines. I don't have the luxury of doing that. I'm probably at a point where I am over thinking this anyways, so I wanted to post up. I feel like it's just some sort of easy 'while' loop I need. Something like:
while connection_throws_error_:
keep_trying_to_log_in
Here is my general code:
import Tkinter
from Tkinter import *
import cx_Oracle, pprint
master = Tk()
Label(master, text="Username").grid(row=0)
Label(master, text="Password").grid(row=1)
e1 = Entry(master)
e2 = Entry(master, fg = 'red', show="*")
e1.grid(row=0, column=1)
e2.grid(row=1, column=1)
Button(master, text='Login', command=master.quit).grid(row=3, column=1, sticky=W, pady=4)
master.title("MEMPRD Login")
master.mainloop()
# This is where I need to iteratively prompt user to enter crentials if they are incorrect.
db = cx_Oracle.connect('{0}/{1}@//random.company:1234/db1.company.com'.format(e1.get(), e2.get())
UPDATE
Thanks to Alex below, I've used his code, made a few customizations for my own use and it works. Here's the working code:
master = Tk()
Label(master, text="Username").grid(row=0)
Label(master, text="Password").grid(row=1)
e1 = Entry(master)
e2 = Entry(master, fg = 'red', show="*")
e1.grid(row=0, column=1)
e2.grid(row=1, column=1)
Button(master, text='Login', command=master.quit).grid(row=3, column=1, sticky=W, pady=4)
#Button(master, text='Show', command=show_entry_fields).grid(row=3, column=1, sticky=W, pady=4)
master.title("Login")
master.mainloop()
#show_entry_fields()
print e1.get()
print e2.get()
while True:
try:
db = cx_Oracle.connect('{0}/{1}@//random.company:1234/db1.company.com'.format(e1.get(), e2.get())
except cx_Oracle.DatabaseError as e:
error, = e.args
if error.code == 1017:
print('Please check your credentials.')
e2.delete(0, 'end')
master.mainloop()
else:
raise
else:
print 'success!'
break
This is how it would look in a simple console application:
while True:
username = input('Username:')
password = getpass('Password:')
try:
db = cx_Oracle.connect('{0}/{1}@//random.company:1234/db1.company.com'.format(username, password))
except cx_Oracle.DatabaseError as e:
# I'm guessing here, you will have to inspect the exception to decide
# how to check what kind of error it is
if 'username/password invalid' in e.message.lower():
print('Invalid login')
else:
raise
else:
print('Success!')
break
I don't know how tkinter works so you will probably have to restructure it for that, but the point is to use try/except in a loop.