I'm running mysql 4. I guess I could do that. But since a user can only be of one type, it's a waste to have to join all three types.
Anyway, what you guys suggest works and I'll stick to that for now.
Thanx a lot for your comments.
Well, I wish I didn't have to join all tables. I have four different user types and each has close to 20 fields. Joining all the tables would probably be slower than just the one needed.
Hello all,
I hope someone can help me with this one.
I have a user system that handles different user types. My main table is users_login which has their log in info plus the user type, and then I have users_typeA, users_typeB, users_typeC... to hold the info particular to that user type.
I...
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