Why Account Status Is Open When Expiry Date is Old Date in DBA_USERS
Last updated on NOVEMBER 24, 2017
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.4 to 12.1.0.2 [Release 8.1.7 to 12.1]Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 20-Feb-2013***
Goal
Some of the database users have the account status set to OPEN while the expiry date is set to an old date:
SQL> select sysdate from dual;
SYSDATE
---------
23-AUG-11
SQL> select username, expiry_date, account_status from dba_users where username ='TOM';
USERNAME EXPIRY_DATE ACCOUNT_STATUS
-------- ----------- --------------
TOM 23-MAR-11 OPEN
SYSDATE
---------
23-AUG-11
SQL> select username, expiry_date, account_status from dba_users where username ='TOM';
USERNAME EXPIRY_DATE ACCOUNT_STATUS
-------- ----------- --------------
TOM 23-MAR-11 OPEN
Whys is this happening?
Solution
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