Subj : system.matchuser() not finding user by real name
To : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Thu Aug 15 2019 08:05 pm
Re: system.matchuser() not finding user by real name
By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Thu Aug 15 2019 07:41 pm
> Re: system.matchuser() not finding user by real name
> By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Thu Aug 15 2019 07:08 pm
>
> Ni> I'm running a Synchronet Windows build from August 1st. With my reader,
> Ni> I forwarded a message in a sub-board to myself on my BBS, and it used
> Ni> my real name for the 'from' header field. With my reader, I try to
> Ni> reply to it, and my reader calls system.matchuser() to get the user
> Ni> number to reply to the appropriate person (in this case, I'm replying
> Ni> to myself, doing some testing). Apparently, system.matchuser() is
> Ni> unable to find the user record with my real name - system.matchuser()
> Ni> is returning 0 with my real name. Is that expected?
>
> Now that I think about it, I suppose that behavior might be expected. It's
> possible there might be multiple users who happen to have the same real
> name. I guess I just hadn't noticed (or hadn't remembered) that behavior
> before.
Yeah, that's intentional: matchuser() only matches the user's name/alias, not user's real names. If you want to search for real names or other field values in the user base, you can use system.matchuserdata().
digital man
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