• A5_ADD_NEW_GROUP Function
• A5_ADD_NEW_USER Function
• A5_ASSIGN_USER_TO_GROUPS Function
• a5_audit_trail Function
• A5_CHANGE_PERMISSION Function
• A5_CHANGE_USER_PASSWORD Function
• A5_CHANGELOGGEDONUSER Function
• a5_changelogonpassword Function
• A5_Decrypt_Binary Function
• A5_Decrypt_String Function
• A5_DELETE_GROUP Function
• A5_DELETE_USER Function
• A5_Encrypt_Binary Function
• A5_Encrypt_String Function
• A5_GET_GROUP_ASSIGNMENTS Function
• A5_GET_GROUPS Function
• A5_GET_USER_ASSIGNMENTS Function
• A5_GET_USERS Function
• A5_GetAttemptedUser Function
• a5_getAuthTokensFromAuthTable Function
• a5_getTwoFactorAuthenticationSettings Function
• A5_GROUP_HAS_PERMISSION Function
• A5_HAS_PERMISSION Function
• a5_prompt_for_key Function
• A5_SEC_GET_GID Function
• a5_secencryptpwd Function
• A5_SecGroupHasPermission Function
• A5_Security_Option Function
• A5_SecurityEnabled Function
• a5_setTwoFactorAuthenticationSettings Function
• A5_USER_GROUPS_DIALOG Function
• A5_USERBELONGSTO Function
• a5Helper_getAuditInfoFromSQLStatement Function
• a5Helper_SQL_ApplySecurity Function
• a5Helper_writeToAuditingLog Function
• a5upsize_prompt_primarykey Function
• a5w_rulesave Function
• a5w_rulesenum Function
• a5w_rulesload Function
• a5wcb_googleAuthenticatorQRCode Function
• a5ws_add_oauthuser Function
• a5ws_cleanpagesecurity Function
• a5ws_getaltloginlistforcurrentuser Function
• a5ws_importusers Function
• a5ws_randompassword Function
• a5ws_refreshpasswordencryptionutility Function
• a5ws_reloadWebSecurity Function
• a5ws_saveuserswithdialog Function
• a5ws_validateuserswithdialog Function
• a5ws_verifysqldataconfig Function
• API_GETUSERS Function
• BP_BUTTON_PASSWORD Function
• DB_HAS_PASSWORD Function
• getsecurityintegritylevel Function
• rsa_hash Function
• security_enable Function
• security_enabled Function
• security_execution_level Function
• security_expression_set Function
• security_variables Function
• USER_GROUPS Function
• USER_NAME Function
• Web Security Functions

A5_SEC_GET_GID Function

Syntax

Arguments

Group_ID

The ID of a group of users.

group

The name of a group of users, as Defined for database object security purposes.

dd

The data dictionary for the database.

Description

The A5_SEC_GET_GID() function returns a group ID from a group name. This function is used to supply the group ID for A5_GROUP_HAS_PERMISSION().

Example

? a5_sec_get_gid("documentation", "c:\databases\expressions_test\expressions_test.alb")
= "12"

Limitations

Desktop applications only.

See Also

• Web Security Functions