it's a "magic" field used by the web2py auth system. if you registration requires verification is true for your auth instance, new users will have this key set when they create an account, an email will be sent to them with a link to verify their email address. when they click on the link auth will check the key and clear it marking the user as verified.
cfh On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:20:40 AM UTC-8, apps in tables wrote: > > Hi, > > where can i find info about registeration_key field (auth_user table)? > > I could not find any info about it in the documentation (book) and the > google group (web2py-users). > > eg, how is that field updated? > > Regards, > > Ashraf > --
