Re: [phplib] Expanding auth_user From: Kristian Koehntopp (kris <email protected>)
Date: 08/22/01

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:52:59AM -0500, Brian Popp wrote:
> 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 usually do the first, expand the auth_user table. Often it is
not even named auth_user, and quite some time it exists before
PHPLIB comes in and I only add a UID field, if there isn't one
already.

Auth has been designed with an expanded auth_user table in mind.

> You could make your auth_user table one enormous table that
> encompasses all user types, but I think it's probably cleaner
> to split them out and make the tables as specific as possible.

This is an entirely different problem from "expanding auth_user
or not", and one that relates to OODBMS and how to simulate
OODBMS techniques in a pure relational environment.

Kristian 

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