Re: [drupal-devel] Storing arbitrary data for a user

Dan Robinson wrote:

I have a small amount of persistant data I would like to associate with a user and would like to avoid creating a new table to store it in. I have come across variable_get and variable_set - which is great - but probably not appropriate for what I'm doing. I've also seen user->categories, but can't find any doco or info on what this is.

Thanks,

Dan

Try the $user->data array. You should be able to insert your user data there. To see what's currently stored there (as serialized data): select uid, name, data from users; -Mark