Comments on: mod_auth_mysql Patch http://mike.crute.org/blog/2007/02/26/mod_auth_mysql-patch/ import random; return random.shuffle(mike_crute.thoughts) Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:50:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: cruteme http://mike.crute.org/blog/2007/02/26/mod_auth_mysql-patch/#comment-24692 cruteme Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:48:45 +0000 http://mike.crute.org/blog/2007/02/26/mod_auth_mysql-patch/#comment-24692 Jerry: your absolutely right, my database is not normalized which is actually desirable in this particular circumstance. A normalized database makes it harder to maintain by hand and for my needs simplicity is paramount. When I need to scale it out I'll probably abandon the patch and go for a fully normalized database structure. Jerry: your absolutely right, my database is not normalized which is actually desirable in this particular circumstance. A normalized database makes it harder to maintain by hand and for my needs simplicity is paramount. When I need to scale it out I’ll probably abandon the patch and go for a fully normalized database structure.

]]> By: jerry http://mike.crute.org/blog/2007/02/26/mod_auth_mysql-patch/#comment-24585 jerry Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:25:29 +0000 http://mike.crute.org/blog/2007/02/26/mod_auth_mysql-patch/#comment-24585 The way mod_auth_mysql works is correct. Your database design is defective. Google for "database normalization". You will find that your design fails 1st normal form, which requires that the values in each column of a table are atomic. mod_auth_mysql works fine with properly normalized databases. The way mod_auth_mysql works is correct.

Your database design is defective. Google for “database normalization”. You will find that your design fails 1st normal form, which requires that the values in each column of a table are atomic.

mod_auth_mysql works fine with properly normalized databases.

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