Function create_user

create_user(
    username: string,
    password: string,
    account_type: AccountType,
    person_id: string,
): Promise<CreationResult>
Creates a new User entry in the database. Accounts can only be created for existing Student or Advisor entries in the database. Will return unsuccessful if the username is taken, if there is no person with an equivalent academic ID in the database, or if there is already an account associated with that person.
Parameters
- username: string
  Username of the new account.
- password: string
  User's password, to be salted and hashed before entry.
- account_type: AccountType
  Type of account. Determines privileges and which table to check.
- person_id: string
  Academic ID of the person to be found in the database (In the Students/Advisors tables).
Returns Promise<CreationResult>
An object detailing the result of the creation attempt.

Authors
Sean Collins, Luca Silver
- Defined in app/lib/account/account_db_utils.tsx:193