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I can get the workflow task assigned to the correct role in the database, but it does not show up when you sign in as the user and check My Workflow Tasks (assigned to me or to my roles).

Important note upfront: DO NOT manually change the database. This is the best way to ensure that you'll be running into problems later, either during day-to-day-operations or during the next upgrade. Start over with a new database to make sure that you'll not run into those issues.

Hello all. I've been trying to do this for a while now, I have a workflow foe a custom entity, during the workflow process we would like to assign the task to an Organisation role but across different organisations.
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I haven't tried the mechanism that you link. Just keep in mind: An Organization role is always only assigned in the scope of a particular Organization. You might have this role within one organization, but not within another. Thus, keeping an overview over the intended scope and the right organization quickly becomes messy. Especially when you see that every user might be assigned to any number of organizations, and they'll have implicit membership of the parent organization as well, in case you have a hierarchy.
Content, on the other hand, is always existing within the scope of a group (or simplified, site), that might not overlap with some organizational role granted in another scope. Thus, you'll have to duplicate something: Either the access of your unrelated organization members to the content in question (so that they may see or edit the content they're about to approve or reject in a random scope), or the roles.
Another option is to use scripted assignment and just write a script that finds the correct assignee.

Thanks for the prompt response sorry to clarify when I said I updated the database I meant from within a script for example using workflowcontextlocalserviceutil (or is this a bad idea also). I get what you mean about scope issues with organisations.. what we were thinking was along those lines however. For example everyone that is a manager of an Organisation would be given that organisatinonal role.. but they would only belong to one organisation.. so when they are assinged a task they only see the task in that organisation. it would save creating a role for managers per organisation. with regard to your last comment, I have scripts that will assign to individual users, that works regardless of organisation but we were really hoping to be able to assign to multiple people in case one was not available, hence wanting to use roles. Correct me if I'm wrong but you can't assign to more than one user can you? it's either a single user or a role? ( in scripted assignments i mean). At the end of the script I include for example:user = null;role = <the role>is it possible to pass a list of users to the 'user' section?
Thanks again for your help it's very appreciated