Compile it in the database and pass an email address to see if the email address is VALID, INVALID or UNKNOWN.
For example, if you pass following email addresses, the returning result will be as follow:
aopu.mohsin@gmail.com -
VALID
aopu.mohsin@gmailcom -
INVALID
@gmail.com - INVALID
aopu@.com - INVALID
aopu.mohsin@gmail. -
INVALID
aopu. mohsin@gmail.com -
INVALID
NULL - UNKNOWN
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION xxcc_validate_email(p_email IN VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
v_at_pos PLS_INTEGER; -- position variable for at (@) sign
v_dot_pos PLS_INTEGER; -- position variable for dot (.) sign
v_length PLS_INTEGER; -- holds the length of email
v_email_ch VARCHAR2(1); -- check character in an email
v_result VARCHAR2(10) DEFAULT 'VALID'; -- result variable
BEGIN
----------------------------------------------------------
-- variable assignments
----------------------------------------------------------
v_at_pos := INSTR(p_email, '@', -1); -- position for last occurance of '@' sign
v_dot_pos := INSTR(p_email, '.', -1); -- position for last occurance of '.' sign
v_length := LENGTH(p_email); -- length of entire email address
----------------------------------------------------------
-- First Round Check:
-- Rules for invalid email address
----------------------------------------------------------
IF p_email IS NULL OR -- email cannot be null
v_length < 5 OR -- email length should be at least 5 characters
v_at_pos = 0 OR -- email requires at least one '@' sign
v_dot_pos = 0 OR -- email requires at least one '.' sign
v_at_pos = 1 OR -- email cannot start with '@' sign
v_dot_pos = v_at_pos - 1 OR -- dot (.) sign cannot be right before at (@) sign
v_dot_pos = v_at_pos + 1 OR -- dot (.) sign cannot be right after at (@) sign
v_dot_pos = v_length OR -- email cannot end with dot '.' sign
v_at_pos = v_length OR -- email cannot end with at '@' sign
/* double dots are not permitted */
INSTR(SUBSTR(p_email, 1, (v_at_pos - 1)), '..') > 0 OR
INSTR(SUBSTR(p_email, v_at_pos + 1), '..') > 0 OR
/* requires one '.' sign after '@' sign */
INSTR(SUBSTR(p_email, v_at_pos), '.') = 0 OR
(INSTR(p_email, '@') > 0 AND INSTR(p_email, '@', INSTR(p_email, '@') + 1) > 0) OR
/* this following code finds out if the domain part is a number or a string */
UPPER(SUBSTR(p_email, v_at_pos, v_length)) = LOWER(SUBSTR(p_email, v_at_pos, v_length))
THEN
v_result := 'INVALID';
END IF;
----------------------------------------------------------
-- Second Round Check:
-- Invalid characters should not be in the email address.
-- Validate using INSTR method
----------------------------------------------------------
FOR i IN 1..v_length
LOOP
v_email_ch := SUBSTR(p_email, i, 1);
IF INSTR(' `~!#$%^&*"|(){}[]:;,<>?\/''''', v_email_ch) > 0
THEN
v_result := 'INVALID';
EXIT;
END IF;
END LOOP;
RETURN (v_result);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
RETURN 'UNKNOWN';
END xxcc_validate_email;
/
