Deleted members, Can I reuse their #?

[voglermc]

I have had many members leave my forum. Is there a way to allow the use of their number for new registrants?

[Antivirus]

If you're asking about their userid number, the answer is no. When a new user registers, the userid is actually determined by the database table 'user' - the next incremented value for userid is utomatically returned during registration.

[TNCclubman]

how did they remove themselves?

(or did you do it in the admincp for them?)

[voglermc]

I did it from admincp.

Thanks for the response AV

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Antivirus already gave the correct answer.

Also the user-id is just an internal number without any specific meaning, so changing would be useless anyway.

[theFM]

the user id is unique to all members
you cannot reuse them as you want it is determined and stored in your database
thats also is you userid and username both are kind of same

YOU CANNOT REUSE THEM AGAIN

[James Birkett]

I've changed User ID's before, just change the value in the database to replace the user ID.
I don't know if this is recommended or not, but it worked for me.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

This is not recommended, on the contrary it is most likely a road to more problems. Also please note that if you make manual changes to your data, this might (!!) void your support.

[voglermc]

Thanks for the responses