Whenever we use userName or something like that (displayUserName) will definitely create confusions with userLoginId. As I stated before username parameter is mapped to userLoginId at many places in ofbiz. +1 for displayName.
-- Rishi Solanki Enterprise Software Developer HotWax Media Pvt. Ltd. On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:52 AM, David E Jones <david.jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>wrote: > > Yeah, if we have two alternatives that might be confusing, why not combine > them and create a frankenstein option that will _definitely_ be confusing! > ;) > > I'm for displayName... when people say "user name" they usually mean what > we call "user login ID", so that would be more confusing. > > -David > > > > On Apr 30, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: > > displayUserName ? >> >> Jacques >> >> From: "Andrew Zeneski" <andrew.zene...@hotwaxmedia.com> >> >>> Our Crowd server uses displayName (as well as sn, givenName and mail) >>> but that is probably because it is backed by LDAP. Display name gets auto >>> populated with First/Last name, but is editable. >>> userName sounds too much like a string to use for login, where >>> displayName would mean the name to display in the system. If we add this >>> field, we should edit createPersonAndUserLogin server to set the value to >>> First/Last if its empty as well. Then use this field in the header instead >>> of the party fields. >>> Andrew >>> On Apr 30, 2009, at 3:20 AM, Jacques Le Roux wrote: >>> >>>> That seems a good reason, what is used in Crowd ? I suggested userName >>>> because it's related to userLogin. What about displayUserName ? >>>> >>>> Jacques >>>> >>>> From: "Adrian Crum" <adrian.c...@yahoo.com> >>>> >>>>> displayName is used in LDAP? Sweet! In that case... >>>>> +1 for displayName >>>>> -Adrian >>>>> --- On Wed, 4/29/09, Andrew Zeneski <andrew.zene...@hotwaxmedia.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> From: Andrew Zeneski <andrew.zene...@hotwaxmedia.com> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Adding description field(s) to the UserLogin entity >>>>>> To: dev@ofbiz.apache.org >>>>>> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009, 10:59 PM >>>>>> displayName is a common field used in LDAP systems. Which is >>>>>> really the only reason I suggested it. Usually its the >>>>>> first/last name together but its totally arbitrary. >>>>>> On Apr 30, 2009, at 1:55 AM, awdesh parihar wrote: >>>>>> > Hi >>>>>> > > +1 for name suggested by jacques , we can also go we >>>>>> displayUserName. >>>>>> > ---- >>>>>> > Awdesh Parihar >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
