[Mediawiki-l] before I release TableEdit 0.7

[Jim Hu]

I have a couple of questions before I do the next release of the  
TableEdit extension/special page
1) In the TableEdit extension, the table data is stored in an  
external mysql database.  I had been hard-coding the name of this  
database into the extension to avoid creating a global variable that  
the user would put in LocalSettings.  But it seems like that was a  
bad idea, especially if one wants two instances on the same mysql  
server... which I discovered I do want.

So, is there a recommendation for how to do this?  Right now, the  
global is just $wikibox_db (the old name turned into a variable).    
Should it get a $wg prefix?  I just want to make sure my extension  
plays well with others.

2) I'm not sure what I did, but I could have sworn that MW sent me  
back to the Special page if I log in from the special page.  But now  
it's sending me back to the page that called the special page...  
which is not necessarily a bad thing in this case, but I don't get  
why it's doing that.

Thanks in advance, as usual for any input.
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Jim Hu
Associate Professor
Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
2128 TAMU
Texas A&M Univ.
College Station, TX 77843-2128
979-862-4054