group_type::new (public)

 group_type::new [ -group_type group_type ] [ -execute_p execute_p ] \
    [ -supertype supertype ] pretty_name pretty_plural

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

Creates a new group type

Example:

        # create a new group of type user_discount_class
        set group_type [group_type::new -group_type $group_type  -supertype group  "User Discount Class" "User Discount Classes"]
        

Switches:

-group_type (optional)

The type of group_type to create. If empty, we generate a unique group_type based on "group_id" where id is the next value from acs_object_id_seq.

-execute_p (optional, defaults to "t")

If t, we execute the pl/sql. If f, we return a string that represents the pl/sql we are about to execute.

-supertype (optional, defaults to "group")

Parameters:

pretty_name (required)

pretty_plural (required)

Returns:

the group_type of the object created

Author:

Michael Bryzek <mbryzek@arsdigita.com>

Created:

12/2000

Testcases:

acs_subsite_group_type