Changing names?
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Re: Changing names?
It would be a nice feature to add. I wouldn't mind being able to chop the numbers off my username now that I realize there aren't a million people on this site, like I thought when I joined.
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Re: Changing names?
This is probably a hard feature to add as I suspect the primary key for your user is your id rather than a surrogate key.
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Re: Changing names?
Quotes do have a user_id field. Yours is 80. I was going to point out that using the name as primary key would either limit their length or make comparisons linear time.
¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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-- Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 4, verse 23
Re: Changing names?
FYI, your webDip Forum user ID is not the same as your webDip user ID.learnedSloth wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:13 amQuotes do have a user_id field. Yours is 80. I was going to point out that using the name as primary key would either limit their length or make comparisons linear time.
https://webdiplomacy.net/userprofile.php?userID=141016
vs.
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=23147
See my full Profile:
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/profile.php?userID=17421
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/profile.php?userID=17421
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Re: Changing names?
JECE wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 9:13 pmFYI, your webDip Forum user ID is not the same as your webDip user ID.learnedSloth wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 11:13 amQuotes do have a user_id field. Yours is 80. I was going to point out that using the name as primary key would either limit their length or make comparisons linear time.
https://webdiplomacy.net/userprofile.php?userID=141016
vs.
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=23147
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
They could be linked with a table, but after this revelation I wouldn't be so surprised if those profiles are linked by name.
¶ Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
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-- Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 4, verse 23
Re: Changing names?
The Forum is disguised very well, but it is basically a different website from the rest of webDiplomacy. The Old Forum, on the other hand, is fully integrated with the rest of webDiplomacy:
https://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php
https://webdiplomacy.net/forum.php
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http://www.webdiplomacy.net/profile.php?userID=17421
http://www.webdiplomacy.net/profile.php?userID=17421
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Re: Changing names?
YOu can change your username but only via a request in the mod forum where it tracks how many usernames you've changed etc. You can imagine if people could just hop around their username freely it would be quite confusing and there'd be potential for abuse e.g. mimicking others, changing after stabbing, who knows.
Yep the forum is phpBB skinned to look like webDip. The old forum is very quant and was made to be very efficient, but it would be silly for a webDip dev to write a whole forum with avatars, formatting, etc, etc just for webDip when there are open source forums already out there, that time is better spent improving the Diplomacy aspects of the site, but yes it does create a few awkward integration issues.
Yep the forum is phpBB skinned to look like webDip. The old forum is very quant and was made to be very efficient, but it would be silly for a webDip dev to write a whole forum with avatars, formatting, etc, etc just for webDip when there are open source forums already out there, that time is better spent improving the Diplomacy aspects of the site, but yes it does create a few awkward integration issues.
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