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8/11/2012 7:42 PM
 
softize


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Is there a way to add custom fields to the userprofile? Like bit, nvarchar, int, float, double,.. and even GUID that references a record in another (custom) table? And is it then possible to add these fields to the userregistration form (using a dropdownlist for the foreignkey GUIDs) and flagging some of this fields as mandatory? And of course showing these additional fields in the "edit userprofile" form too?
 
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8/13/2012 10:54 AM
 
Michael Tobisch


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No.

The user profile only has a string to store the properties (you can add profile properties in Site Settings :: User Account Settings :: Profile Settings).

But even if you choose Date or Integer or Checkbox or whatever as the data type, the actual value will be stored as a string, only the interface validates a correct value.

Even worse: If you add a date (say DOB) and have a multilingual portal, say English and German, most of the dates will return invalid or wrong values when the language is switched. Why? Because today is 8/13/2012 - or 12.8.2012 in German...

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8/13/2012 7:14 PM
 
softize


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Thanks for your reply.

That really sounds discouraging... Okay, I've bought a module called "Dynamic Registration 4.2". As far as I understand it, it uses its own table to "extend" the core user datatable with additional custom fields (of hopefully "real" SQL datatypes of different formats) and it offers a custom registration form to enter these values.

I'll give it a try and I'm curious if it also offers a way to extend the "edit userprofile" form and how this all plays together with the new socialgroups and journal and userdirectory stuff... Will report back what I've learned.
 
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