FUNCTION GenPassword (

i_chars_chr PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 5,

i_chars_num PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 2,
i_chars_spc PLS_INTEGER DEFAULT 1
) RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
-- GenPassword - Generate a reasonable secure password
--
-- Parameter:
-- i_chars_chr : number of alpha characters in the password
-- i_chars_num : number of numeric characters in the password
-- i_chars_spc : number of special characters in the password
--
-- Valid ranges are between 0 and 20 for every input parameter.
-- Characters that get easily mixed up ('1' and 'l' or 'I',
-- '0' and 'O', ...) are left out.
--
-- Example usage:
-- SQL> select genpassword() from dual;
--
-- GENPASSWORD()
-- ------------------------------------
-- MXbjA6%4
--
l_chr VARCHAR2(60) := 'abcdefhijkmnoprstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZ';
l_num VARCHAR2(60) := '23456789';
l_spc VARCHAR2(60) := '!$%&/()=?+*#-@:<>';
--
l_pwd VARCHAR2(60) := '';
l_sel VARCHAR2(60) := '';
BEGIN
--
-- Raise an error if the input is out of sensible bounds
--
IF (i_chars_chr NOT BETWEEN 0 AND 20) OR
(i_chars_num NOT BETWEEN 0 AND 20) OR
(i_chars_spc NOT BETWEEN 0 AND 20) THEN
RAISE value_error;
END IF;
--
l_sel := l_sel||rpad('a', i_chars_chr, 'a');
l_sel := l_sel||rpad('n', i_chars_num, 'n');
l_sel := l_sel||rpad('s', i_chars_spc, 's');
--
-- Loop over selector in random order and build the password by
-- choosing a random character from the class denoted by the
-- selector.
--
FOR rec IN (SELECT level
FROM dual
CONNECT BY level <= length(l_sel)
ORDER BY DBMS_RANDOM.value())
LOOP
CASE substr(l_sel, rec.level, 1)
WHEN 'a' THEN
l_pwd := l_pwd||substr(l_chr, DBMS_RANDOM.value(1, length(l_chr)), 1);
WHEN 'n' THEN
l_pwd := l_pwd||substr(l_num, DBMS_RANDOM.value(1, length(l_num)), 1);
WHEN 's' THEN
 l_pwd := l_pwd||substr(l_spc, DBMS_RANDOM.value(1, length(l_spc)), 1);
ELSE
NULL;
END CASE;
END LOOP;
--
RETURN l_pwd;
END GenPassword;