PvDropUser()

PvDropUser()

Drop an existing user from the 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 PvDropUser (

BTI_WORD dbHandle,

const BTI_CHAR* user);

Arguments

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

Return Values

PCM_Success	The operation was successful.
PCM_errFailed	The operation was not successful.
PCM_errInvalidAccountName	The specified account or user name does not exist.
PCM_errNotAllowedToDropAdministrator	Attempt to drop Master user.
PCM_errDatabaseHasNoSecurity	Database has no security.
PCM_errSessionSecurityError	Database opened with insufficient privilege.

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 user with the same name must already exist in the specified database.

The following post condition must be met:

•Use PvCloseDatabase() to free the resources.