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9/30/2009 12:26 PM

Tim Atalay

Joined: 8/17/2004

Posts: 14

Deleting users

I am running DNN 5.1.2. When I delete a user, their username does not get deleted from the database. So it won't let me register a new user with a username which has been deleted before. Senerio:

1. Someone registers with username "testuser"

2. Later on, I delete the user as an administrator.

3. Somebody else tries to register with username "testuser" but they can't becasue it says the username "testuser" is still being used.

Is there a way to remove everything associated with a username after they are unregistered so it looks like they never registered with that username before?

Thanks.

9/30/2009 3:15 PM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: Deleting users

unfortunately the soft-delete immplementation still lacks some features like an admin option to erase a deleted user or re-animate the account.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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9/30/2009 4:37 PM

William Phelps

Joined: 9/3/2009

Posts: 71

Re: Deleting users

Is it possible to delete the user using SQL?

9/30/2009 5:16 PM

William Phelps

Joined: 9/3/2009

Posts: 71

Re: Deleting users

I believe there might be a bug here. In my testing, I found that if I registered with a given Username, authorized it, logged in (may not be necessary), then deleted it, I could then register again using the same Username.

However, if I register with a Username, and while it is still waiting for authorization I delete it, then the Username is no longer available for use.

I just tested this again on my sandbox site, running 5.1.2.

William

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