Installing with Existing User Table

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

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

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