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    You would also need to update the field_revision_* tables. It might
    be better to use a drush PHP script to load the users one by one,
    assign the value of the new field, and then save. This can also be
    done with VBO.<br>
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    Ted<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/1/2014 11:02 AM, Ashley Hall
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      Thanks, Walt.&nbsp;
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      <div>I tested a bit and copied the data from the existing table
        field_data_field_twitter_name into the new table
        field_data_new_twitter_field for 10 users. However, only data
        that I manually enter into the field through the standard UI
        gets rendered on the user profile page (or elsewhere via views).
        Is it possible that twitter_username module is using multiple
        tables? And if so, could you (or anyone) help me figure out any
        other tables that I might need to update in order to make the
        new field work properly?</div>
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      <div>Many thanks!</div>
      <div>Ashley</div>
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          <div>On Jun 1, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Walt Daniels &lt;<a
              moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:wdlists@gmail.com">wdlists@gmail.com</a>&gt;
            wrote:</div>
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            <div dir="ltr">Changing field types is not easy. The best is
              to add a new field of the right type, copy the data to it
              and then delete the old field. There is no UI for copying
              from one field to another so you have to do that by
              writing code or using PhpMyAdmin.</div>
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              <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:21 AM,
                Ashley Hall <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:knowledges33ker@gmail.com"
                    target="_blank">knowledges33ker@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span>
                wrote:<br>
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                  <div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span
                      style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande','DejaVu Sans','Bitstream Vera
Sans',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:14.5600004196167px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I
                      have a custom field on my user profile pages where
                      users can enter their Twitter user name. When the
                      user's profile is rendered (either on the user
                      profile page itself or via views) I would like to
                      rewrite this field so that it links to the user's
                      twitter profile following the pattern</span><a
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://twitter.com/%5bfield_twitter_name%5d"
                      rel="nofollow"
                      style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14.399999618530273px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(52,158,223);font-family:'Lucida
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Sans',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:14.5600004196167px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"
                      target="_blank">http://twitter.com/[field_twitter_name]</a><span
                      style="color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:'Lucida
                      Grande','DejaVu Sans','Bitstream Vera
Sans',Verdana,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14.399999618530273px;line-height:14.5600004196167px;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.</span>
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                            style="line-height:14.5600004196167px">I
                            discovered the twitter username project on
                            DO yesterday (</span></font></span><a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="https://drupal.org/project/twitter_username"
                        target="_blank">https://drupal.org/project/twitter_username</a><span
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                        and this would help me accomplish the objective,
                        especially for new users. However, we currently
                        have ~900 active users on our site.&nbsp;</span></div>
                    <div><span
                        style="text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font
                          color="#444444" face="Lucida Grande, DejaVu
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                          </span></font></span></div>
                    <div><span
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                          color="#444444" face="Lucida Grande, DejaVu
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                            style="line-height:14.5600004196167px">Is
                            there a way to create&nbsp;</span><span
                            style="line-height:14px">a</span><span
                            style="line-height:14.5600004196167px">&nbsp;new
                            field and update its tables with the
                            existing user's twitter names? Or is there a
                            way to change the field type from it's
                            current setting of "Text field" to the new
                            type made available by the twitter username
                            project "Twitter username"?</span></font></span></div>
                    <div><span
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                          color="#444444" face="Lucida Grande, DejaVu
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                          color="#444444" face="Lucida Grande, DejaVu
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                            style="line-height:14.5600004196167px">Any
                            help would be greatly appreciated.</span></font></span></div>
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                                style="line-height:14.5600004196167px">Ashley</span></font></span></div>
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