New Project permission and Changing Owner

[Hugues Perron]

Hi all

Fom a post sent by Costelu :

"How can I change the project's owner without giving to
the new owner the grant to create New Project ?

When I go to the WEB Access tool, in project center, if I
highlight the project and if I click "Edit Project
Details" only people who have the grant to create New
Project permission appeared?"


Dale Howard answer was :

"I do not believe you cannot solve this project, as the New Project
permission is tied to the permission to change the project Owner. Sorry"

This is true, but, the owners list showed in the project detail view comes
from the PDS Call
<Request>
<ProjectCodeValues>
<ProjectID>xxx</ProjectID>
<IncludeValueLists>1</IncludeValueLists>
<ReturnStructures>1</ReturnStructures>
</ProjectCodeValues>
</Request>

which return some info and the value list which is used to fill the "Project
owner" list box

<Columns>
<Column>
<Type>0</Type>
<UID>99999</UID>
<Name>
</Name>
<SelectionRequired>1</SelectionRequired>
<ValueUID>157</ValueUID>
<Value>Hugues Perron</Value>
<ValueList>
<ValueItem>
<ValueUID>1</ValueUID>
<Value>Administratorr</Value>
</ValueItem>
...


So, probably that the output of the PDS comes from a stored proc (maybe
MSP_PDS_something) and if it was possible to modify the stored proc to
"untie" the permission, maybe it could solve the problem.

The problem is : Is it really in a stored proc and if so, which stored proc.
And if the stored proc is modified, will it generate some side effects on
other functionalities ?

Anyway, it's just a discussion start to find an answer, because it's very
annoying for my client (they really don't want to give the "new project"
permission to Project Manager)

Hugues Perron