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Old 09-28-2022, 10:28 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by arpad_m View Post
Do you know this for a fact?

The user ID/key could be a surrogate (GUID) and then you only need to change the name in the profile record, no need to update in every single reference in every table and index (which is one of the two main reasons I'm a big fan of surrogate keys).
No, I don't know it for fact. But, based on my experience with setting up "forum" software over the years, quoted replied seem to quote the username as text and not as a reference to a key in many cases.
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