Re: [pLog-General] sharing users db with another database

[nexia <nex...@ya...>]

hum.. i was not refering on the way we can use
different tables, but change the database from where
the info was taken... but only for the users table... 

anyway.. you say it will be possible, i will wait... 

--- Oscar Renalias <os...@re...> wrote:
> I think we have already discussed this in the past
> and the answer was 
> 'yes'. It is not possible at the moment but the user
> management layer 
> (add, remove, query, update, etc) will be rewritten
> so that we can 
> develop custom user management classes. What we will
> do is design an 
> API with a few methods like getUser($uid),
> updateUser($userObject), 
> addUser($userObject) and so on and whoever wants to
> extend/replace the 
> authentication mechanism, will only need to
> reimplement the API in a 
> custom class.
> 
> So for example if you want to use the user
> information stored in the 
> database tables of your board script, it will be
> possible by defining 
> the operations of the API according to your database
> structure. And as 
> far as pLog is concerned, the only key information
> needed is a user 
> identifier and a username...
> 
> I will keep you updated about the status of this.
> 
> Oscar
> 
> On 5 Apr 2004, at 18:59, nexia wrote:
> 
> > --- nexia <nex...@ya...> wrote:
> >> Hi Oscar... i'd like to add a little tweak to the
> >> system, right now, if possible...
> >
> > the reason i want this tweak is simple.  i will
> share
> > my members with different webservices, and i don't
> to
> > put all these members in the same database than
> the
> > other services... because adding the pLog, my
> tracker,
> > a forum, and so on, the database will grow a lot.
> >
> > i want to make a central place for the users... a
> > single table in a single database... this will
> speed
> > up the management of these members and will
> improve
> > databackup too.  because having 50000 users in the
> > bank but only 5 plog users, it would make the
> system
> > overheat when making a list of all users.  i will
> find
> > a way to cache these users later, but for now i
> want
> > to share my members...
> >
> > possible ?!
> >
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