[ic] groups in userdb

Steffen Dettmer interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Oct 5 16:28:01 2001


* cfm@maine.com wrote on Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 15:57 -0400:
> On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 09:14:40PM +0200, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
> > for various reasons I need to organize at least some (hundert)
> > users in groups.  
> > [...] 
>  
> Clarify "group" or try to avoid it.

Well, in DB I called it "group_id" for now (it's just
experimental phase), and so far I called "my" variables
$std_* and std_*, to avoid clashes with predefined anything.

> In perl/DBI/UNIX that is
> going to cause confusion and clashes with reserved words 
> and functions that might not be what you want.

Thanks for that hint. I think my prefixing should avoid such
problems.

> I think IC does everything you want already if you just add
> the field and reload.  You might also look at AUTOLOAD if
> you need this in each page setup.

Thanks for that hint, I'll read about it.

> Your gut feeling about avoiding modifications to core is sound.  :-)

I'm sorry, but it seems that my english is to bad to understand
this sentence correctly. Does it means it sounds familiar to you?

oki,

Steffen

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