Oracle9iAS Portal Developer Kit

get_manager function

Contained in package wwsec_api.

Call this function to return the user name of a specified user's manager. If there is no manager, this function returns null.

function get_manager

(

p_user_name in varchar2

)

return varchar2;

Version: Oracle Portal 3.0.6.6.5 or later

Parameters:

p_user_name

The name of the user whose manager is being queried.

Datatype: in varchar2

Returns:

This function returns the manager's user name for the specified user, or null if the user has no manager.

Exceptions:

  • If the person_id specified for the p_user_name parameter is not found, a USER_NOT_FOUND_EXCEPTION is raised.

Example:

l_manager wwsec_person.user_name%type;
l_manager := wwsec_api.get_manager
(

p_user_name => 'user1’

);

Related topics

The PL/SQL API Reference is part of the Portal Developer Kit on Portal Studio