On Thu, 2008-09-18 at 08:34 +1000, Res wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Peter Brawley wrote:
>
> >> I'm looking at using the "@" symbol
> >
> > Don't. Restrict yourself to alphanums and '_'.
>
> Thanks, but is there any technical reason where using "@" might break
> something? However if there's even the slightest risk of an implosion,
> naturally we will not.
Even if MySQL accepts it, think of all the other software it might pass
thru: browsers, web servers, shells, spam filters, mail filters.
Limiting usernames to alphanums plus underscore reduces potential
problems.
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