[wp-hackers] 2.4 Feature Proposal: New general meta-data table

[Jacob]

As assumed of using the wp_options table for the dump stuff here? Just 
run a SQL Delete statement deleting everything that isn't post, etc.Came 
to think of it, it would be useful to always create a new table, but my 
plugin uninstalls its data when deactivated. Not hard to implement.

Jacob Santos
http://www.santosj.name
http://wordpress.svn.dragonu.net/unittest

Mike Purvis wrote:
> On 10/5/07, Austin Matzko <if.website at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> For WordPress 2.4, I propose that we add a general meta-data table.
>>
>> Thoughts?
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> Sounds like a crufty mess waiting to happen. If a plugin has data
> beyond configuration options, it should be creating a new table for
> it, no matter how small the amount of data is. I'd rather clean up my
> DB by pruning tables than by sorting through a gross metatable full of
> random snippets of junk.
>
> The problem here is a matter of educating plugin authors about best
> practices, and adding a generic "dump stuff here" table is not the
> answer.
>
> But that's just my opinion.
>
> Mike
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