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I don't know about *never* wanting foreign user info in a DB..., but
the URL idea is super!<br>
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A UUID is a very weak form of identification. We really need to start
thinking globally for 'names', and users is a good starting point. <br>
So 100+ on URLs as IDs.<br>
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Melanie wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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:
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<pre wrap="">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 =
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<pre wrap="">you can see in the profile on the Linden Labs=20
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<pre wrap="">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=
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<pre wrap="">swordHash, passwordSalt, homeRegion,=20
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<pre wrap="">homeLocationX, etc.)
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<pre wrap="">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
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