Getting user OID info

Question

Hello:
I need to get more info from a user inside a portlet. I can get username and DN from a user that has logged in portal from my portlet, but when I call another fuctions like getFirstName, getLastName or getPropertyValue I always get null values.
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This is a piece of my code:
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PortletRenderRequest pReq = (PortletRenderRequest)
request.getAttribute(HttpCommonConstants.PORTLET_RENDER_REQUEST);
ProviderUser pUser = pReq.getUser();
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<P> DisplayName = <%= pReq.getUser().getDisplayName() %>.</P>
<P> FirstName = <%= pReq.getUser().getFirstName() %>.</P>
<P> DN = <%= pReq.getUser().getUserDN() %>.</P>
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Only getUserDN() and getName() works. I need to get more attributes from the OID and
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Another 'extrange' thing is that I see no data (apart from USER_NAME or ID) into the WWSEC_PERSON view. Are this two things related? From PL/SQL I can call wwsec_api.person_info and it works OK, so I suppose that it is connecting to the directory correctly.
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Thanks in advance,
Javier.

Answer 1

We use a procedure that runs every night to refresh the OID data into a table. Then we use the porta.wwctx_api.get_user function to pull information into a portal componet. Here is the procedure code followed by the table code:
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE wwsec_pers_closepf_proc2 IS
BEGIN
     DELETE closepf_person2;
     COMMIT;
          FOR i in (select ID from portal.WWSEC_PERSON$)
          LOOP
     DECLARE
          l_person_ID                number     := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).ID;
          l_person_USER_NAME      varchar2(256) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).USER_NAME;
          l_person_EMPNO                varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).EMPNO;
          l_person_LAST_NAME           varchar2(60) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).LAST_NAME;
          l_person_FIRST_NAME      varchar2(60) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).FIRST_NAME;
          l_person_MIDDLE_NAME      varchar2(60) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).MIDDLE_NAME;
          l_person_KNOWN_AS           varchar2(80) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).KNOWN_AS;
          l_person_EMAIL                varchar2(256) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).EMAIL;
          l_person_WORK_PHONE      varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).WORK_PHONE;
          l_person_MOBILE_PHONE      varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).MOBILE_PHONE;
          l_person_PAGER                varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).PAGER;
          l_person_FAX                varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).FAX;          
          l_person_OFFICE_ADDR1      varchar2(60) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_ADDR1;
          l_person_OFFICE_ADDR2      varchar2(60) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_ADDR2;
          l_person_OFFICE_ADDR3      varchar2(60) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_ADDR3;
          l_person_OFFICE_CITY      varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_CITY;
          l_person_OFFICE_STATE      varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_STATE;
          l_person_OFFICE_ZIP      varchar2(30) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_ZIP;
          l_person_OFFICE_COUNTRY varchar2(256) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).OFFICE_COUNTRY;                                        
          l_person_TITLE               varchar2(80) := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).TITLE;
          l_person_MANAGER           number     := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).MANAGER;
          l_person_DEFAULT_GROUP      number          := portal.wwsec_api.person_info(p_person_id => i.id).DEFAULT_GROUP;
          l_person_PMO_GROUP          boolean          ;--:= portal.wwsec_api.is_user_in_group(p_person_id => i.id, p_group_id => (23));
          l_person_GUID               varchar2(32);     
          v_pmo_group                    varchar2(5);
          CURSOR get_guid IS
               SELECT guid
               FROM orasso.wwsec_person$
               WHERE user_name = l_person_USER_NAME;
     BEGIN
          OPEN get_guid;
          FETCH get_guid INTO l_person_GUID;
          CLOSE get_guid;
          IF l_person_PMO_GROUP = TRUE THEN
               v_pmo_group := 'TRUE';
               ELSE v_pmo_group := 'FALSE';
          END IF;     
          INSERT INTO acquisitions.closepf_person2 (
               id,
               user_name,
               empno,
               last_name,
               first_name,
               middle_name,
               known_as,
               email,
               work_phone,
               mobile_phone,
               pager,
               fax,
               office_addr1,
               office_addr2,
               office_addr3,
               office_city,
               office_state,
               office_zip,
               office_country,
               title,
               manager,
               default_group,
               guid,
               pmo_group)
          VALUES      (
               l_person_ID,
               l_person_USER_NAME,
               l_person_EMPNO,
               l_person_LAST_NAME,
               l_person_FIRST_NAME,
               l_person_MIDDLE_NAME,
               l_person_KNOWN_AS,
               l_person_EMAIL,
               l_person_WORK_PHONE,
               l_person_MOBILE_PHONE,
               l_person_PAGER,
               l_person_FAX,
               l_person_OFFICE_ADDR1,
               l_person_OFFICE_ADDR2,
               l_person_OFFICE_ADDR3,
               l_person_OFFICE_CITY,
               l_person_OFFICE_STATE,
               l_person_OFFICE_ZIP,
               l_person_OFFICE_COUNTRY,                                                                                                     
               l_person_TITLE,     
               l_person_MANAGER,
               l_person_DEFAULT_GROUP,
               l_person_GUID,
               v_pmo_group);                                                                      
               EXCEPTION WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND
                    THEN
                         EXIT;
               COMMIT;
     END;
     END LOOP;
END;
CREATE TABLE CLOSEPF_PERSON2
ID NUMBER NOT NULL,
USER_NAME VARCHAR2(256),
EMPNO VARCHAR2(30),
LAST_NAME VARCHAR2(60),
FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(60),
MIDDLE_NAME VARCHAR2(60),
KNOWN_AS VARCHAR2(80),
EMAIL VARCHAR2(256),
WORK_PHONE VARCHAR2(30),
MOBILE_PHONE VARCHAR2(30),
PAGER VARCHAR2(30),
FAX VARCHAR2(30),
OFFICE_ADDR1 VARCHAR2(60),
OFFICE_ADDR2 VARCHAR2(60),
OFFICE_ADDR3 VARCHAR2(60),
OFFICE_CITY VARCHAR2(30),
OFFICE_STATE VARCHAR2(30),
OFFICE_ZIP VARCHAR2(30),
OFFICE_COUNTRY VARCHAR2(256),
TITLE VARCHAR2(80),
MANAGER NUMBER,
DEFAULT_GROUP NUMBER,
GUID VARCHAR2(32),
LASTUPDATED DATE DEFAULT sysdate,
USER_LOGIN VARCHAR2(5)
Thanks,
Martin