[development] best practice: create your own table (Re: D6 SAPI: using hook_install to ALTER {tables}

[Augustin (Beginner)]

On Thursday 27 December 2007 18:44, Derek Wright wrote:
> > Q3) Is it considered best practice to create your own tables
> > rather   than adding fields to existing tables "belonging" to
> > other modules?
>
> definitely!  the other module might alter the schema and your data
>   could be destroyed.

Thanks. I documented it in the title :)

If one tells me where else this should be documented, I'll do it.


Blessings,

Augustin.