Is this an error [modified]
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Have a look at this link the author of this post is missing!!!:wtf::wtf: http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=1931506&forumid=1646#xx1931506xx[^] Is this an error or how did they do this? -- moved at 4:37 Friday 9th March, 2007
Yes. I just haven't had a chance to dig in and work out where the failsafes are, well, failing.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yes. I just haven't had a chance to dig in and work out where the failsafes are, well, failing.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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You realize that if you sign up with an incorrect username it creates the account anyway?
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Yes, this is by design. If someone signs up to download code and can't find a username that's not taken we'd rather let them just get on with it and download zip files rather than forcing them to try and find that special unique name. Allowing people to post articles and messagess without a name is the real bug.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yes, this is by design. If someone signs up to download code and can't find a username that's not taken we'd rather let them just get on with it and download zip files rather than forcing them to try and find that special unique name. Allowing people to post articles and messagess without a name is the real bug.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
Chris Maunder wrote:
If someone signs up to download code and can't find a username that's not taken we'd rather let them just get on with it and download zip files rather than forcing them to try and find that special unique name.
Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then? If they want to change it later, they can - but this'd avoid situations where people do not have a username at all.
Regards, Nish
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Chris Maunder wrote:
If someone signs up to download code and can't find a username that's not taken we'd rather let them just get on with it and download zip files rather than forcing them to try and find that special unique name.
Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then? If they want to change it later, they can - but this'd avoid situations where people do not have a username at all.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then? If they want to change it later, they can - but this'd avoid situations where people do not have a username at all.
Well no - you can't do that. People would be mad if you exposed their email addresses. How about a GUID?
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then? If they want to change it later, they can - but this'd avoid situations where people do not have a username at all.
Well no - you can't do that. People would be mad if you exposed their email addresses. How about a GUID?
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then? If they want to change it later, they can - but this'd avoid situations where people do not have a username at all.
Well no - you can't do that. People would be mad if you exposed their email addresses. How about a GUID?
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then?
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Well no - you can't do that. People would be mad if you exposed their email addresses.
Having fun, you two? :-D
"Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Nishant Sivakumar wrote: Couldn't you assign the email address as the username then?
Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Well no - you can't do that. People would be mad if you exposed their email addresses.
Having fun, you two? :-D
"Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus
dnh wrote:
Having fun, you two?
:-D
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
Yes, this is by design. If someone signs up to download code and can't find a username that's not taken we'd rather let them just get on with it and download zip files rather than forcing them to try and find that special unique name. Allowing people to post articles and messagess without a name is the real bug.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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Yes, this is by design. If someone signs up to download code and can't find a username that's not taken we'd rather let them just get on with it and download zip files rather than forcing them to try and find that special unique name. Allowing people to post articles and messagess without a name is the real bug.
cheers, Chris Maunder
CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
How about asigning a name in the form of "UserXXX". I'm sure it wouldn't cause too much server overhead while keeping track of which names have been handed out. Or even, in the case of forum posts, rather than displaying an empty name display any old gibberish like "Unknown User".