Alright the only problem is that since I am not using web2py's built in
user authentication for the employees wouldn't I need to write separate
views for logout,login etc? I want the employee registration to be exactly
like the user but with different fields
On Monday, June 2, 2014 5:58:24 PM UTC-7, 黄祥 wrote:
>
> My question is, to integrate it with a chat application to work for the
> users and employees would I need to have the users and employees stored in
> separate tables? Should I create a separate table for the employees?
>
> It depends on how you designed your model, in the past i've walking in the
> circle for auth like chicken and egg, but as time goes by, i think
> simplicity is the best. let the auth table untouch, and create the employee
> table. you maybe asked the auth table have the field that i need, the
> answer is on the employee table.
> e.g.
> auth table untouch
> auth.define_tables(username = True, signature = True)
>
> employee table
> db.define_table('employee',
> Field('is_auth', 'boolean'),
> Field('auth_user', 'reference auth_user'),
> Field('salutation'),
> Field('first_name'),
> Field('last_name'),
> Field('gender'),
> Field('address', 'text'),
> Field('zip_code'),
> Field('city'),
> Field('country'),
> Field('phone', 'list:string'),
> Field('email', 'list:string'),
> Field('ym', 'list:string'),
> Field('bank', 'reference bank'),
> Field('account_no'),
> Field('branch', 'reference branch'),
> Field('notes', 'text'),
> auth.signature,
> format = '%(first_name)s %(last_name)s')
>
> so if you want to add custom auth table, like phone, branch, etc, it all
> covered in employee table. when your system growth, perhaps you want to
> know how many employee in the company, or have payroll system too, but not
> all the employee gain the access (auth) to the system (e.g. office boy)
>
> best regards,
> stifan
>
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