The VERIFY_GROUP_FOR_USER function returns a value that indicates whether any of the groups associated with the authorization ID identified by the SESSION_ USER special register are in the group names specified by the list of group-name-expression arguments.

The schema is SYSIBM. The function name cannot be specified as a qualified name.

group-name-expression

An expression that specifies an authorization name (SQLSTATE 42815).
The existence of the authorization name at the current server is not verified.
group-name-expression must return a built-in character string data type or graphic string data type that is not a LOB (SQLSTATE 42815).
The content of the string is not folded to uppercase and is not left-aligned.

The result of the function is an integer. The result cannot be null.
The result is 1 if any of the groups associated with the authorization ID identified by the SESSION_USER special register are in the list of group-name-expression arguments.
Otherwise, the result is 0.

Examples

The tellers in a bank can only access customers from their own branch.
All tellers are members in the group TELLER.
A row permission is created by a user with SECADM authority to enforce this rule.

   CREATE PERMISSION TELLER_ROW_ACCESS ON CUSTOMER
          FOR ROWS WHERE VERIFY_GROUP_FOR_USER(SESSION_USER,'TELLER') = 1 AND
          BRANCH = (SELECT HOME_BRANCH FROM INTERNAL_INFO
          WHERE EMP_ID = USER)
          ENFORCED FOR ALL ACCESS
          ENABLE

The determination on whether the user can see the row is determined by the name of the role in the ACCESS_ROLE column of the table being protected.
A row permission is created by a user with the SECADM authority to check the session user is in this role.

   CREATE PERMISSION ROLEACCESS ON CUSTOMER
          FOR ROWS WHERE ( VERIFY_GROUP_FOR_USER(SESSION_USER, ACCESS_ROLE ) = 1 )
          ENFORCED FOR ALL ACCESS
          ENABLE