Problems Changing An Expired Password In SQL Server 2005

Hi All,

My application supports both SQL Server 2005 and Oracle. Now, while chaging the password for the user WHOSE PASSWORD IS ALREADY EXPIRED .... the following code works fine for Oracle , but I dont know how to handle the same thing in SQL Server 2005.Please reply at your earliest.I am posting the code below which is creating the problem.


public static boolean changeExpiredPassword(User user, User newUser) throws SQLException, Exception
{
if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
{
_logger.debug("changeExpiredPassword(User user=" + user + ", User newUser=" + newUser + ") - start");
}

boolean passwordChanged = false;
String url = null;
Properties dalProps = null;
Connection conn = null;
String sysIdentifier = null;

try
{
dalProps = DALManager.getInstance().getProperties();
url = dalProps.getProperty(DALConfigurator.URL);
if (url != null && url.indexOf("thin") > -1 && url.lastIndexOf(":") > -1)
{
int index = url.lastIndexOf(":");
sysIdentifier = url.substring(index+1, url.length());
url = "jdbcracleci" + sysIdentifier;
}

Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("user", user.getUsername());
props.put("password", user.getDecryptedPassword());
props.put("OCINewPassword", newUser.getDecryptedPassword());

if (DALManager.getInstance().isOracle() &&
url != null)
{
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url, props);

if(conn != null && !conn.isClosed())
{
passwordChanged = true;
conn.close();
}
}
if (DALManager.getInstance().isSqlServer() &&
url != null) // This condition becomes true if we are connected to SQL Server 2005
{
/// Over here , the connection object is Returning the NULL value since the I have loaded the Properties ( props.put ) with Oracle specifice syntax it ( i.e. OCINewPassword ) . I dont know what to code if its connected to the SQL Server 2005 itstead of Oracle.
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url,props); // This part fails

if(conn != null && !conn.isClosed())
{
UsersQueryModule.changePassword(user.getUsername(), user.getDecryptedPassword(), newUser.getDecryptedPassword(), false);
passwordChanged = true;
conn.close();
}
}
}
catch (SQLException e)
{
_logger.error("changeExpiredPassword(user=" + user + ", newUser=" + newUser + ")", e);
throw new AxisFault("Expired password cannot be changed. Possible cause may be TNS Name does not match with Oracle SID. Please consult the System Administrator.");
}
catch (Exception e)
{
_logger.error("changeExpiredPassword(user=" + user + ", newUser=" + newUser + ")", e);
throw e;
}
finally
{
if (conn != null && !conn.isClosed())
conn.close();
}

if (_logger.isDebugEnabled())
{
_logger.debug("changeExpiredPassword(User, User) - end - return value=" + passwordChanged);
}
return passwordChanged;
}