New features R12 Topic 1 Case Sensitivity in Oracle Applications User Passwords In previous releases of Oracle Applications, user passwords were treated as case insensitive. Now, Oracle Applications user passwords can optionally be treated as case sensitive, depending on the mode you choose. Case-sensitivity in passwords is controlled by the site-level profile option Signon Password Case. This profile has two possible settings: • Sensitive - Passwords are stored and compared as they are, with the password case • Insensitive (or unset) - Passwords are treated as case insensitive. In Insensitive mode, passwords are stored and compared in uppercase, similar to that in earlier releases. The entered password and the decrypted password are converted to uppercase prior to comparison.