Hey Kosta, The values in my extension are not user specific. It is really just a handful of values for the entire wiki.
One approach I'm considering is to abuse the page props table and have the values "linked to page" with ID 1 billion (or -1) or so. I'm not sure how safe that is though. The data would only be stored in the database, so not losing it due to the running of some maintenance process is important. Cheers -- Jeroen De Dauw | www.EntropyWins.wtf <https://EntropyWins.wtf> Professional wiki hosting and services: www.Professional.Wiki <https://Professional.Wiki> Software Crafter | Speaker | Entrepreneur | Open Source and Wikimedia contributor ~=[,,_,,]:3 On Mon, 27 Jan 2020 at 12:30, Kosta Harlan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/27/20 12:13 PM, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I have a MediaWiki extension in which I'd like to store a handful of > > values. Example: > > > > * Cats 42 > > * Ravens 23 > > * Goats 0 > > > > The most obvious thing to do would be to add a new database table with a > > string and an integer column. However I'd like to avoid the need to run > > update.php to install this extension. Is there some place in the > MediaWiki > > DB schema where I can put a few values like these? They could even be in > a > > single serialized blob (though preferably can be looked up by string > key). > > You want to store these values per-user, I'm assuming? This is probably > of interest then: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T128602 > > In GrowthExperiments extension we store small bits of data like that as > serialized blobs in hidden user preferences, but this isn't great, among > other reasons because the values are delivered on on each page load > whether you want them or not. > > Kosta > > > > > Cheers > > > > -- > > Jeroen De Dauw | www.EntropyWins.wtf <https://EntropyWins.wtf> > > Professional wiki hosting and services: www.Professional.Wiki > > <https://Professional.Wiki> > > Software Crafter | Speaker | Entrepreneur | Open Source and Wikimedia > > contributor ~=[,,_,,]:3 > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
