How to query user name

[Sironi]

Hi,

Some one help me in GlideQuery.

var gr= "David Faroon"

var rp = new GlideRecord('resource_plan');
rp.initialize();
var usergr = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
usergr.addQuery('name', gr);
usergr.query();
if (usergr.next()) {
rp.user_resource = usergr.sys_id;
}
rp.insert();

is it right way to compare name with User table, if yes then ResourcePlan not created . any suggestions ?

[Sironi]

user name fetching from another table. that table field is string field. sales team will enter the user name. but some times there is a change to add double space in name while entering name by mistakenly .

so while coming to script to compare that name with user table. first need to remove that double space, add single space only and compare name, create Resource Plan. 

[asifnoor · Accepted solution]

okay.

So try it like this.

var gr = "David   Faroon";
gr = gr.trim().replace(/\s+/g,' ');
var rp = new GlideRecord('resource_plan');
rp.initialize();
var usergr = new GlideRecord('sys_user');
usergr.addQuery('name',gr);
usergr.query();
  if (usergr.next()) {
    gs.info("Entered into your if condition");
    rp.user_resource = usergr.getValue("sys_id");
  }
rp.setWorkflow(false);
rp.insert();

[Sironi]

could you please help me what is different between

.replace(/\s\s/g,' ');

.replace(/\s+/g,' ');

[asifnoor]

\s\s we are checking for double space and replacing with single space.

your 2nd one replacing single space again with single space 🙂

[Willem]

@asifnoor that is incorrect.

Correct is:

.replace(/\s\s/g,' ');  Replaces exactly 2 spaces with 1.

.replace(/\s+/g,' '); Replaces 1 or more spaces with 1 space. So could be triple space or quadruple or any number of spaces and will replace it with 1.