[thesite] voting for articles

Daniel J. Cody djc at starkmedia.com
Thu Oct 4 12:41:12 CDT 2001


.jeff wrote:


>>the user information for thelist(s) isn't stored in
>>oracle, but in a berkeley style DB.
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> still a flat-file database though.  shouldn't be too difficult to have
> coldfusion write it out.


berkeley style != flat file.


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>>i don't see having a username/password for *.evolt.org
>>being different for the one to sign up for thelist as
>>a huge issue..
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> it's always been a source of confusion.  the bigger our membership gets, the
> more confusing it will be.  i think it is an issue -- big enough to do
> something about.


ya its always been a source of confusion. there was a time when i had 
the signup page for thelist *did* insert a persons info into the Oracle 
tables. if you sort through usernames, you can see these people that 
signed up for evolt through that form because their usernames are 
typically their email address' they used to sign up to thelist with.

for some reason, records in oracle started getting corrupted because of 
how i was inserting them(this goes back to the userpriv vs. priv confusion)

the files to do it that way are still here, and i'll make it a point to 
work on them that way again next weekend.

my point here is i'm down with syncing usernames/emails/passwords 
between the two and keeping them in oracle for easy access - *at the 
time someone signs up*

i'm very much not for hooking MG into oracle in any way shape or form at 
this point, because frankley i don't have the skills to do that..

hopefully that all makes sense, sorry for my shittier than usual english

.djc.







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