earlyExits

if ( len(arguments.email) lte 5) {
			// email too short
			return 0;
		}
		else if ( len(arguments.password) eq 0 ) {
			// empty password
			return 0;
		}
		else {
			var userDAO = uDAO;
			var user = userDAO.getUserByLogin( arguments.email, arguments.password );
			if ( user.recordcount eq 0) {
				// no user found with email and password
				return 0;
			}	
			else if ( user.deletedat neq "") {
				// user has been deleted
				return 0;
			}
			else {
				//login successful
				return user.id;
			}
		}

lateExit

if ( len(arguments.email) lte 5) {
			// email too short
			thereturn = 0;
		}
		else if ( len(arguments.password) eq 0 ) {
			// empty password
			thereturn =  0;
		}
		else {
			var userDAO = uDAO;
			var user = userDAO.getUserByLogin( arguments.email, arguments.password );
			if ( user.recordcount eq 0) {
				// no user found with email and password
				thereturn =  0;
			}	
			else if ( user.deletedat neq "") {
				// user has been deleted
				thereturn =  0;
			}
			else {
				//login successful
				thereturn =  user.id;
			}
		}
		return thereturn;