Why won't APEX authorization scheme hold stored username? - oracle-apex

Question

I have an authorization scheme for my application that checks first if the username entered is a username in the system and then whether the user has access to this particular application. The login issue I am having is that the user will login in once and get denied and have to login a second time and it works. I think the issue is that the :APP_USERNAME is not stored for the first login attempt and then is stored in the application for the second try. I know there has to be a way around this, but I have yet to figure it out.
u_id number := null;
app_id number := null;
auth_id number := null;
authorized number(1,0) := 0;
auth_status char := 'f';
failure_reason varchar2(200) := null;
begin
begin
select id into u_id from user where username=:APP_USERNAME;
exception
when NO_DATA_FOUND then
u_id := null;
failure_reason := 'User not found:' || :APP_USERNAME;
end;
select id into app_id from lkup_application where name='Application Name';
if (u_id is not null) then
begin
select id into auth_id from authorization where application_id = app_id and user_id = u_id;
exception
when NO_DATA_FOUND then
auth_id := null;
failure_reason := 'User not authorized from authorization table.';
end;
end if;
if (auth_id is not null) then
authorized := 1;
auth_status := 's';
end if;
insert into access_audit values(null, :APP_USER, app_id, current_timestamp, auth_status, failure_reason);
commit;
return (authorized = 1);
end;```

Answer 1

Well, it is :APP_USER, not :APP_USERNAME so I suggest you use it.