[Bb-trac] Re: [bbPress] #922: bbPress is not inserting display names during registration

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#922: bbPress is not inserting display names during registration
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 Reporter:  _ck_         |        Owner:                    
     Type:  defect       |       Status:  new               
 Priority:  highest      |    Milestone:  1.0-beta & XML-RPC
Component:  integration  |      Version:  0.9.0.2           
 Severity:  critical     |   Resolution:                    
 Keywords:               |  
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Comment (by _ck_):

 Mini-plugin to repair user table by copying user_login to display_name if
 display_name is blank:

 {{{
 function fix_anonymous() {global $bbdb;
 $bbdb->query("UPDATE $bbdb->users SET display_name=user_login WHERE
 display_name='' ");
 } add_action('bb_init','fix_anonymous');

 }}}

 However this is a horrendous waste of database space.

 It's indeed a bug on the WordPress side that when the display_name is
 empty to display "anonymous" regardless if there is a valid user id # and
 user_login. It's meant to deal with anonymous commenters that have no
 account but it fails to anticipate a registered user with no display name.

 I am also filing a WordPress ticket on this.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.bbpress.org/ticket/922#comment:2>
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