group::get_id (public)

 group::get_id -group_name group_name [ -subsite_id subsite_id ] \
    [ -application_group_id application_group_id ]

Defined in packages/acs-subsite/tcl/group-procs.tcl

Retrieve the group_id to a given group-name. If you have more than one group with this name, it will return the first one it finds. Keep that in mind when using this procedure.

Switches:

-group_name (required)

the name of the group to look for

-subsite_id (optional)

the ID of the subsite to search for the group name

-application_group_id (optional)

the ID of the application group to search for the group name

Returns:

the first group_id of the groups found for that group_name.

Authors:

Christian Langmann <C_Langmann@gmx.de>

Malte Sussdorff <openacs@sussdorff.de>

Created:

2005-06-09

Testcases:

acs_subsite_group_type

Source code:

    return [util_memoize [list group::get_id_not_cached  -group_name $group_name  -subsite_id $subsite_id  -application_group_id $application_group_id]]

XQL Not present:

Generic

PostgreSQL XQL file:

packages/acs-subsite/tcl/group-procs-postgresql.xql

Oracle XQL file:

packages/acs-subsite/tcl/group-procs-oracle.xql