[steering] Moving Forward

[.jeff]

john,

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> From: John Handelaar
>
> > on top of the time estimate above to port the code to
> > work with another db platform, we're also going to
> > have loads of fun porting the data from oracle to the
> > new database.
>
> I've got some time on Tuesday or thereabouts which I was
> planning to spend futzing about with DB exports, ideally
> to CSV. [...]
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that would be ideal.  the fun is that there's loads of data in there just
waiting to be exported.

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> Out of interest, how do we currently store user
> passwords in the database?  [A port may require everyone
> to get new pw's if it was Oracle-specific, is all.  Am
> curious, humour me :-) ]
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regrettably, every field in the db is stored in plain-text.  the good news
is no one loses their login.

encrypting passwords is on my list of new features for the redesign.

.jeff

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