On Mar 18, 10:04 pm, ericindc <ericmilf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We are currently working on a solution to centralize our userbase.
> The central userbase will contain primary account information that
> will be extended on an application-specific basis. For instance, all
> users of our applications will have the following:
>
> first_name
> last_name
> email
> phone
> ...etc...
>
> Application 'X', however, might extend this account information so
> that it includes application_x_admin, application_x_group, etc. so
> that these attributes are only available to Application 'X'.
> Application 'Y' could similarly have added attributes or it could
> simply utilize the defaults for our userbase.
>
> The questions follows -- How do we store account information separate
> from application-specific user data and share that account information
> across multiple applications?
>
> The solution needs to...
>
> --Store the account information in a separate database
> --Avoid as much duplication as possible to avoid unnecessary
> difficulty for modifications
> --Easily allow a login, logout, authenticate ability from within an
> application (registration, etc. will be in a separate application)
> --Easy to retrieve/search the userbase from within applications,
> including direct access to userbase attributes (first_name, etc.) and
> find methods (find_by_first_name, etc.)
When I've done this i've had a user class (whose attributes are login
and any app specific attributes) and user_detail which contains shared
info. The shared info is only changed in the user authentication app
and it propagates that info to the other apps.
Fred
>
> Any suggestions/guidance is appreciated. Thanks.
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