[TYPO3-core] RFC #11221 : Feature : Separate firstname and lastname columns in fe_users table

[Xavier Perseguers]

Hi,

On 01/23/10 1:02 PM, Sebastian Gebhard wrote:
> What about feature-rich sites then with a forum, other applications for
> fe_users. Should every extension bring in it's own name fields? That
> would be a big mess.

There was a proposal to perhaps keep a display name, let's keep that and that's it.

> You all 3 like the "less is more" approach, but what benefit would be
> there? I'd go for Ismaël's v6 or v7.

I prefer the new idea of having a separate table for persons. Just think of fe_users and tt_address for instance, many people need to store same information in both tables due to different extensions. 
If there were an slimmed-down person table we could relate a fe_user to a person, a be_user to a person and many other extensions. My only concern is to have a good model for a person, with multiple 
potential addresses and emails.

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Xavier Perseguers
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