[Opensim-dev] RFC: Ways of creating profiles for creators who will never log in

[Melanie]

I am absolutely sure that I would not went HG to ever, EVER, insert 
user records or profile records into my database. I strongly favor 
the "URL" approach, which is neutral as far as my database goes.

Melanie

Sean Dague wrote:
> Justin Clark-Casey wrote:
>  > (3)  Separate the current 'users' table into 'userprofiles' and
> 'users' tables.
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>> 'userprofiles' will largely contain all the metadata about a user that =
> you can see in the profile on the Linden Labs=20
>> Second Life client today (name, about, interests, 1st life, etc.).
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>> 'users' will contain the data associated with a particular account (pas=
> swordHash, passwordSalt, homeRegion,=20
>> homeLocationX, etc.)
> 
> I think this is the best approach, but what happens when someone tries
> to create an account that already has a profile?
> 
> I think it might make sense to add a flag (bool) to the user profile for
> "real vs. informational", and inject something dynamically into the
> "about" property indicating that.  That would let you actually have 2 or
> more Neas Bade profiles on a system, but only 1 be a live account, with
> the others being point in time capture of content I might have created,
> stuck into an oar file, and let wander around the internet (and still
> get credit for doing).
> 
> 	-Sean
> 
> --=20
> Sean Dague / Neas Bade
> sdague at gmail.com
> http://dague.net
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