Forum OpenACS Q&A: using screen_name instead of first+last

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1: using screen_name instead of first+last
Posted by Jonathan Ellis on 10/26/00 10:50 PM
Is there an easy way to configure openACS to use screen_name pretty
much everywhere, making first+last name optional?  Looks like a big
job to me, but I hope I'm missing something simple.
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2: Response to using screen_name instead of first+last (response to 1)
Posted by Sarah Barwig on 10/26/00 11:12 PM
The way I hacked it on a ClassicACS site was:

datamodel fix: add actual_first_names and actual_last_name to user table (so user could actually put in their name if they wanted to) and you can pull them back out if you need them at some point.

upon user registration: put the screen_name into the first_names field. put   into the last_name field.

This way, all queries that pull first_names last_name will end up with screen_name, and you can keep their actual names somewhere else for future reference.

Is this what you were asking?

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3: Response to using screen_name instead of first+last (response to 1)
Posted by Sarah Barwig on 10/26/00 11:16 PM
whoops. oh yeah, make the first_names field which now contains the screen_name unique.
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4: Response to using screen_name instead of first+last (response to 1)
Posted by Jonathan Ellis on 10/26/00 11:30 PM
That sounds like something doable. :)  Thanks!