users

This space is archived

For current information please use the current ExamSys documentation

users

Purpose: Holds information about users (staff, students and external examiners).
Joins: sid, logX, special_needs, user_roles table.

Field

Type

Purpose

Field

Type

Purpose

password

char(90)

Encrypted password

grade

char(30)

Degree or programme of student students are on

surname

char(35)

Last name

initials

char(10)

Initials

title

varchar(30)

Title

username

char(15)

Username (should match LDAP where required)

email

char(65)

Email address

roles

char(40)

Role of the current user (staff, student, sysadmin, etc). See also User Roles

This field was removed in Rogo 7.2.0

id

int(10) unsigned

Primary Key – auto increment.

first_names

char(60)

First names

gender

enum('Male','Female')

Sex

special_needs

tinyint(4)

Flag where a student has special needs (see special_needs table)

yearofstudy

tinyint(4)

Year of study for students

user_deleted

datetime

Stores when a user was deleted. NULL = still live.

password_expire

int(11) unsigned

Date when cached password will expire. Set to NULL so passwords do not expire in Rogo (i.e. for locally stored passwords)