PvCreateGroup()

PvCreateGroup()

Creates a new user group in the existing database.

Header File: ddf.h (See also Header Files)

Function First Available In Library: w3dbav90.dll (Windows), libpsqldti.so (Linux), libpsqldti.dylib (macOS) (See also Link Libraries)

Syntax

PRESULT DDFAPICALLTYPE PvCreateGroup(

BTI_WORD dbHandle,

const BTI_CHAR* group);

Arguments

In	dbHandle	Handle of an open database returned by PvOpenDatabase().
In	Group	Database group name.

Return Values

PCM_Success	The operation was successful.
PCM_errFailed	The operation was not successful.
PCM_errInvalidAccountName	The specified group name is invalid.
PCM_errDatabaseHasNoSecurity	Database has no security
PCM_errSessionSecurityError	Database opened with insufficient privilege
PCM_errGroupAlreadyExists	Group already exists

Remarks

The following preconditions must be met:

•You must first open a database successfully using PvOpenDatabase() as user 'Master'.

•The associated database has database-level security enabled.

•A group with the same name cannot already exist in the specified database.

The following post condition must be met:

•Use PvCloseDatabase() to free the resources.