BBjAdmin::getPermission

Description

In BBj 7.0 and higher, this method returns an indication of whether a user has a permission.

Syntax

Return Value	Method
int	getPermission(string username, int type)

Parameters

Variable	Description
username	The name of the user.
type	The type of permission.

Return Value

Returns 1 if user has permission, 0 if user does not have permission.

Remarks

Type must be one of the following values:

Option	Value	Description
Add User	BBjAdmin.ADD_USER	The user is allowed to create new user accounts.
Admin Access	BBjAdmin.ALLOW_ADMIN	The user is allowed to use the Enterprise Manager. If a user does not have this permission, they will not be able to log in to the Enterprise Manager.
Attach Existing DB	BBjAdmin.ATTACH_EXISTING_DB	The user is allowed to create a new database link by attaching to an existing set of data dictionary files.
BBj Processes	BBjAdmin.PROCESSES	The user is allowed to view the list of BBj Processes and terminate any of those processes.
Connection Pools	BBjAdmin.CONNECTION_POOLS	User is allowed to create, remove and modify JDBC connection pools that can be used from BBj applications.
Create New DB	BBjAdmin.CREATE_NEW_DB	The user is allowed to create a new database entirely from scratch.
Create Trigger	BBjAdmin.CREATE_NEW_TRIGGER	The user is allowed to create and drop triggers using the Enterprise Manager or via SQL.
Drop DB	BBjAdmin.DELETE_DB	The user is allowed to drop a database from the system including its data dictionary files and data files.
Force Close Open Data Files	BBjAdmin.FORCE_CLOSE_FILES	User can force open files to be closed.
Online Copy Jobs	BBjAdmin.COPY_JOBS	User is allowed to create, modify, run and terminate online copy jobs.
Remove User	BBjAdmin.DELETE_USER	The user is allowed to remove any user account except the "admin" account.
Replication Jobs	BBjAdmin.REPLICATION	User is allowed to create, modify, pause and terminate replication jobs.
Server Config	BBjAdmin.SERVER_CONFIG	The user is allowed to make changes to the server configuration (see Enterprise Manager - Server Information).
Set Passwords	BBjAdmin.SET_PASSWORDS	The user is allowed to set/change the password on other user accounts.
Set Permissions	BBjAdmin.SET_PERMISSIONS	The user is allowed to set these permissions for other user accounts.
SQL Connections	BBjAdmin.JDBC_CONNECTIONS	The user is allowed to view the list of ODBC/JDBC SQL connections and close any of those connections.
Table Analysis Queue	BBjAdmin.TABLE_ANALYSIS_QUEUE	User is allowed to view tables currently in the table analysis queue as well as stop table analysis if necessary.
View Open Files	BBjAdmin.OPEN_FILES	The user is allowed to view the list of currently open files in BBj. The can also force close any of these files.

Example

Admin! = BBjAPI().getAdmin("adminName", "adminPassword")
Admin!.addUser("AUser", "Password")
X = Admin!.getPermission("AUser, Admin!.CREATE_NEW_DB)