% GETUSERID gets the user ID number corresponding to the given user name.
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%
% DESCRIPTION: GETUSERID gets the user ID number corresponding to the
%              user name that connected to the MySQL database.
%
% CALL:        userid = getUserID(conn)
%
% VERSION:     $Id: getUserID.m,v 1.3 2010/01/22 12:46:08 ingo Exp $
%
% HISTORY:     24-05-2007 M Hewitson
%                 Creation
%
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function [userid,dbuser] = getUserID(conn, username)

  error('### Obsolete as of LTPDA version 2.2. Replaced my the utils class jmysql (utils.jmysql.%s)', mfilename());

  userid = [];
  try
    q    = sprintf('select id from users where username="%s"', conn.Username);
    curs = exec(conn, q);
    curs = fetch(curs);
    userid = curs.Data{1};
    close(curs);
  catch curs
    warning('!!! Unable to retrieve user ID. [Server returned: %s]', curs.message);
  end

end