[Mediawiki-l] Re: Never delete users !

[Rob Church]

I'm well aware of that. The "why would that be the case" bit is
because just creating an account doesn't create anything else, and
isn't, in itself, a problem.


Rob Church

On 12/10/05, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/05, Rob Church <robchur at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Why would that be the case? Users are merely a row in a table in a
> > database, as far as the software is concerned, and databases are
> > designed to handle data...
>
> However, it's a relational database, and what's important is
> maintaining the relationships between the various tables.  The user_id
> (which is the key to the user table is used extensively in other
> tables. Removing users will destroy the integrity of the database.
>
> An analogy would be that ram chips just hold data, and computers are
> designed to handle data, so you should be able to rip out arbitrary
> ram chips...
>
>
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