SQL Query to view Private Messages
 

Hi,

Is there such a query to view a certain users messages?

I saw one for vB 3.X

SELECT message FROM pmtext WHERE fromuserid = XXX;

But these tables don't exist in vB5... Any advice?

I know this plugin will allow you to see pms for vb4 but its not made for vb5. You could look at the xml and see what the query is and see if you could use it on vb5 but as vb5 is different in so many ways i dont see it working. On another note why you need to see private pms

The database table in vBulletin 5 is named "privatemessage" and it is possible to view the tables with SQL commands but as stated above, why would you invade members' privacy? Private Message both explicitly and implicitly states the message is private. If you're that concerned about a member turn off their ability to use the private messaging system.

See private pm's - a user is taking members away from the forum... Have no proof, we only want to check his messages as we respect privacy... But when it's been reported in one PM, we want to see if it's occurring elsewhere.

Will look @ the vb4 ones and come back to you :) Thanks for the input

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Tried this:
SELECT about FROM privatemessage WHERE userid = **;


No joy. UserID isn;t included in the columns - any ideas?

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Further more, we don't want to see other member's PM's, just one users. It's more to get proof of lurring people away.

That is purely it, I can't stress that enough :)

27 looks like the default content type ID for a vb 5 install. If you get weird results, you can double check the number in the contenttype table.

If you need it only for one user then why not looking directly on the private messages table on phpmyadmin?

1. We changed the phrase Private to Personal where needed to stop wrong thinking

2. Our rules say we can look, we don't hide it (we look, very rarely)
(Rule 15) http://www.ausphotography.net.au/for...hp?do=vsarules

3. To think that someone won't look is dumb
-- once anything is on the web someone you don't expect will see it.
vB has a admin tool that lets admin's see PMs

Why look?
We have had some cases of disputes between members and needed to see the correspondence.
There are other legit reasons for an admin to look, and some admins might look without reason.
The reality is most of us are too busy to bother, just saying that it can and will happen.

Kym

Because, there's nothing in the private messages table that would be helpful for what the OP is looking for?

You have a flagged (reported) such PM, and that's not enough proof?

When I suspect poaching I handle it with any one of several staff decoy accounts. A poacher typically won't PM a staff member since most boards have those accounts identified, but will PM active members it sees, or in reply to a PM from another member that isn't a staffer.

Use of decoy accounts catches poachers in the act, every time it is tried.

Then I'm not sure i completely understand what he wants