Posted by Michael Fesser on 09/29/07 19:17

..oO(Dikkie Dik)

>Login tables tend to store a lot of things that just do not belong
>there. An account is just an account. It is not a user, and it is not an
>activation.

In my system one account = one user. The accounts table keeps user
names, login names, password hashes, account creation and expiration
dates, date of last login, privilege and status flags and such things.

Additional user data like special profiles, addresses, contacts etc. are
stored in other tables.

>- There can be more types of account per user (say, a web account and an
>office account. Activations are totally different for "near" or remote
>accounts)

I can apply different roles (user groups) to each account.

Micha

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