[wp-hackers] The term_group column

[Callum Macdonald]

Would that not require another table, term_groups to link them together? 
It seems a little weird to me. Maybe I need to look at the code again... 
- C.

Christine Davis wrote:
> Looking at the code,  if term 8 is an alias of term 6;  then the term_group
> for both term 6 and term 8 is the next term_group incrementally.
>
> (So if there were three term groups in use;  term 6 and term 8 would have a
> term group of 4.)
>
> Roughly speaking,  it's not so much an alias (In so far as there is no
> primary term) as it is setting terms to be in a group together.
>
> -Ch.
>
> On 10/27/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com>
> wrote:
>   
>> So what value would be set in term_group? If term 8 is an alias of term
>> 6, does term 8's term_group = 6? What about term 6, does it's term_group
>> show 0?
>>
>> Cheers - Callum.
>>
>> Christine Davis wrote:
>>     
>>> It's for marking a term as being an alias of another term;  in
>>>       
>> theory;  but
>>     
>>> last time I looked,  the implementation seemed kinda broken.
>>>
>>> On 10/25/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com
>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> G'day,
>>>>
>>>> Is the term_group column actually used? Or is it provided for plugin
>>>> use, future use, etc?
>>>>
>>>> I can't figure out how it would be used from the interface, and it's
>>>>         
>> not
>>     
>>>> used in any of the blogs that I've checked.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Callum.
>>>>
>>>> PS> This is curiosity more than anything!
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