• Requested information,
• Empty string ("") if an error occurred.
• "Unknown user" or "Unknown group" if the current user does not have the rights to see the users (hRightsSeeUser constant) and if he wants to get information about another user or another group.

The requested information depend according to the parameter <Display mode of result>:

• In hDefault mode, <Result> is a list of values separated by tabulations (TAB).
  
  <Value of rights 1> + TAB + ... + TAB + <Value of rights N>
  
  where <Value of rights> corresponds to the value of the rights requested by the <Rights> parameter. Each value found in this list can correspond to one of the following constants:
  

  hAllowed	The relevant rights are granted to the user or to the group.
  hForbidden	The relevant rights are not granted to the user or to the group.
  hInherit	The user belongs to at least one group to which the relevant rights was granted. This constant is returned only if the display mode is not set to hEffective.

• In hDetails mode, <Result> is a list of values with the following format::
  
  <Relevant rights 1> + TAB + <Value of rights1> + CR + ...
  <Relevant rights N> + TAB + <Value of rights N> + CR
  
  where:
  • <Relevant rights> corresponds to one of the constants used in the <Rights> parameter.
  • <Value of rights> corresponds to one of the constants:
    

    hAllowed	The relevant rights are granted to the user or to the group.
    hForbidden	The relevant rights are not granted to the user or to the group.
    hInherit	The user belongs to at least one group to which the relevant rights was granted. This constant is returned only if the display mode is not set to hEffective.

Connection for which the rights of a user or group of users must be known. This connection corresponds to:

• the name of the connection defined in the data model editor or with HDescribeConnection or HOpenConnection.
• the name of a Connection variable.

Name of the user or name of the group whose rights are requested.

List of rights to find:

hRightsInsert	Rights to add new records into a data file.
hRightsLock	Rights to lock the data files or the records of a data file.
hRightsChangeRights	Rights to change the rights.
hRightsChangeLink	Rights to modify the integrity rules on a data file.
hRightsChangeOwner	Rights to modify the owner of an element.
hRightsConnection	Rights to connect to a server (encrypted or unencrypted connection).
hRightsEncryptedConnection	Rights to connect to a server (encrypted connection only).
hRightsCreateFile	Rights to create a data file (with HCreation).
Versions 20 and later hRightsCreateView New in version 20 hRightsCreateView hRightsCreateView	Rights to create a view.
hRightsDebug	Rights to debug the stored procedures.
hRightsRunProcedure	Rights to run a stored procedure.
hRightsManageDuplicate	Rights to enable and disable the management of duplicates.
hRightsManageIntegrity	Rights to enable and disable the management of integrity.
hRightsManageProcedure	Rights to add, modify and delete the sets of procedures.
hRightsManageTrigger	Rights to add, enable and delete server triggers.
hRightsNoDatabaseAccess	Rights to forbid the access to a database (HNoDatabaseAccess and HEndNoDatabaseAccess).
hRightsRead	Rights to read the records of a data file.
hRightsMaintenance	Rights to start a re-index operation or to perform statistical calculations on a data file.
hRightsAutoModif	Rights to perform an automatic modification on a data file.
hRightsUpdate	Rights to modify the records of a data file.
hRightsBackup	Rights to perform a backup.
hRightsDelete	Rights to delete the records from a data file.
hRightsDeleteDB	Rights to delete a database.
hRightsDeleteFile	Rights to delete a data file (HDeleteFile).
Versions 20 and later hRightsDeleteView New in version 20 hRightsDeleteView hRightsDeleteView	Rights to delete a view.
hRightsAll	List of all the rights We recommend that you use this constant in hDetails or hEffective + hDetails display mode.

Name of the database for which the rights are requested.

Mode for displaying the result:

hDefault (Default value)	The rights returned do not take the inherited rights into account (rights granted to the groups to which the user belongs). If no rights were defined, the value will be set to hInherit. <Result> contains the values of the requested rights (in the same order).
hDetails	Same as hDefault. <Result> contains the rights and its value.
hEffective	The rights returned correspond to the rights that will be actually granted to the user or to the group on the database. The inherited rights are taken into account (rights granted to the groups to which the user belongs for example).
hEffective + hDetails	Same as hEffective. <Result> contains the rights and its value.