CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION xx_check_email(l_user_name IN VARCHAR2)

RETURN VARCHAR2 IS
l_dot_pos NUMBER;
l_at_pos NUMBER;
l_str_length NUMBER;
BEGIN
l_dot_pos := instr(l_user_name
,'.');
l_at_pos := instr(l_user_name
,'@');
l_str_length := length(l_user_name);
IF ((l_dot_pos = 0) OR (l_at_pos = 0) OR (l_dot_pos = l_at_pos + 1) OR
(l_at_pos = 1) OR (l_at_pos = l_str_length) OR
(l_dot_pos = l_str_length))
THEN
RETURN 'FAILURE';
END IF;
IF instr(substr(l_user_name
,l_at_pos)
,'.') = 0
THEN
RETURN 'FAILURE';
END IF;
RETURN 'SUCCESS';
END xx_check_email;