<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">It's possible and works pretty well if the use cases are right. However it's also not just as trivial as sharing the tables as there have been changes.<div><br></div><div>For one thing Drupal 7 hashes passwords differently. You can get them to be more compatible by using this module <a href="http://drupal.org/project/phpass">http://drupal.org/project/phpass</a></div><div><br></div><div>Since you don't need single sign-on that will simplify things as part of the challenge can be with session cookies since they are also different. The biggest thing you'll need is good testing. It can work pretty well. One thing to look into is using '.' prefixing instead of '_'. The article at <a href="http://drupal.org/node/22267">http://drupal.org/node/22267</a> suggests sharing tables in a single database (shared_) but using separate databases for the tables assuming you're using MySQL is probably good (shared. instead).</div><div><br></div><div><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Myriad Pro'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><div><font face="'trebuchet ms', sans-serif">Josh</font></div><div><br></div><div>Twitter: <a href="http://l.jshb.me/9rr5" target="_blank">@jbrauer</a> | <a href="http://l.jshb.me/9jdh" target="_blank">Linked In</a> | <a href="http://l.jshb.me/9jki" target="_blank">joshuabrauer.com</a></div></span></div></span>
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<br><div><div>On Dec 4, 2011, at 4:33 AM, Ashraf Amayreh wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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Hello All,<br>
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I have a client who has a Drupal 6 installation and they want to
develop a new site, preferably in Drupal 7, which shares the user
base. No need for single sign-on at the moment, but at least single
user base. I've found many outdated articles on this issue, but
nothing recent or solid. So I thought I'd check with you guys on
this.<br>
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Thanks!<br>
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