RE: [phplib] Expanding auth_user From: Chris Johnson (chris <email protected>)
Date: 08/22/01

I use a separate table. My reasons are:

1. If I upgrade PHPLIB and it requires changes to auth_user, I won't
have any upgrade problems, or at least, much less conversion effort.

2. I've done a lot of database design over the years. I like to put
things in 3rd or 4th normal form as much as possible. This tends to
imply that a separate will often (but not always) be required to keep
the database normalized.

..chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Popp [mailto:bpopp <email protected>]

> Somewhat related to the 'current users' thread, I'm curious
> whether most
> people are expanding on the auth_user table (adding first
> name, last name,
> phone #, etc), or whether they create their own User table
> and relate it to
> the auth_user table on user_id.
>
> I've tried it both ways and haven't decided which I like
> better. Adding
> fields to auth_user is much easier, but something about it
> bothers me. I
> haven't figured out exactly what? 

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