function setPlayerFactionRank(player, rankID)
    if (not player or not rankID) then return false end
    if (not isElement(player) or getElementType(player) ~= "player" or type(rankID) ~= "number") then return false end

    local charID = exports.global:getCharacterIDFromName(getPlayerName(player))
    dbExec( db, "UPDATE `characters_faction` SET `faction_rank` = '?' WHERE `character_id` = '?'", rankID, charID)
    return true
end