Web Wiz Support and Community Forums : Installing with Existing User Table https://forums.webwiz.net/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:30:28 +0000 Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:24:07 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.08 360 https://forums.webwiz.net/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=8857 <![CDATA[Web Wiz Support and Community Forums]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://forums.webwiz.net/ <![CDATA[Installing with Existing User Table : I use SQL which allows limited...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46704.html#46704 Author: ljamal
Subject: 8857
Posted: 13 January 2004 at 5:24pm

I use SQL which allows limited updates on JOINs, the only table affected is the Author table and the most updated field there is the last login field and the groupID.

Basically, I rename the WWF Author table and strip out all the redundant information. The create a joined table with the original name of the author table and join all the fields that were present in the original table. The only section that needed to be updated was the registration page and the member management admin stuff which I didn't need to use.]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:24:07 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46704.html#46704 <![CDATA[Installing with Existing User Table : Ah, ok, .NET... Your SQL Join...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46696.html#46696 Author: Google
Subject: 8857
Posted: 13 January 2004 at 4:53pm

Ah, ok, .NET...

Your SQL Join interests me. But you still would need to tweak most of the code to handle updates to wwf tables unless all interactions with db are via stored procs, in that case you simply edit the stored procs.

If you did have to edit asp code which files did you see the most work being done on.

thanks

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:53:48 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46696.html#46696 <![CDATA[Installing with Existing User Table : borg has stated that he is moving...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46695.html#46695 Author: ljamal
Subject: 8857
Posted: 13 January 2004 at 4:48pm

borg has stated that he is moving from ASP to ASP.Net with the forum, so this is to be the last version of the ASP forum unless there are major security hole found.

What I did to integrate the forum is use a SQL join to
mesh my use table to a modified version of the WWF user table. ]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:48:10 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46695.html#46695 <![CDATA[Installing with Existing User Table : ljamal wrote:I don&#039;t think...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46694.html#46694 Author: Google
Subject: 8857
Posted: 13 January 2004 at 4:38pm

Originally posted by ljamal ljamal wrote:

I don't think this feature will be implemented as this is the last major version of the ASP forum.

What does this mean for the forum, are you suggesting that no more releases of this software will take place or are you suggesting that the next major release will be 8.0?

You also mentioned that this won't be a problem in future. What exactly not be a problem, your keeping up with updates or that future releases of Web Wiz Forums will encorporate the feature I'm looking for.

Would you mind shedding some light on how extensive the changes were to get this forum working with your existing users table.

Thanks

]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:38:15 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46694.html#46694 <![CDATA[Installing with Existing User Table : I don&#039;t think this feature...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46689.html#46689 Author: ljamal
Subject: 8857
Posted: 13 January 2004 at 4:27pm

I don't think this feature will be implemented as this is the last major version of the ASP forum. I have implemented this and manage to keep up with the upgrades, but as this is the last major upgrade it shouldn't be a problem in the future.]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 16:27:22 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46689.html#46689 <![CDATA[Installing with Existing User Table : I have a portal which has it&#039;s...]]> https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46643.html#46643 Author: Google
Subject: 8857
Posted: 13 January 2004 at 1:28pm

I have a portal which has it's own users table, which obviously manages user profiles etc... I would like to integrate this forum with my existing user table [table name is "users"]. I've just briefly looked over the code and what it would take. I've come to the conclusion that it would be a new completly customized forum code.

Ordinarily this would be ok but would severly limit me in implementing any new bug fixes or new updates made to the forum code.

I've noticed other FREE forums have this feature [use with existing user table]. What are my options at this point with Web Wiz Forums? Should I cutomize myself so I only have one users table [one for the portal] or wait until this feature is implemented?

Thanks for any insight.


Edited by Google]]> Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:28:39 +0000 https://forums.webwiz.net/installing-with-existing-user-table_topic8857_post46643.html#46643