[chikkoo]

Originally Posted by Blaine0002

@ chickoo, i am using username because in order to get a username from an id, a query has to be run, in order to get a username from a username nothing has to be done

You mentioned disadvantages? what are some?

1) when you donate iCash to "non-english" usernames, all the usernames are being displayed "???????" and the uniqueness goes. Therefore userID (membership no.) will be bestway to use.

2) In some cases, few people use "spaces" and special characters in their usernames (leading, trailing and middle ). Occassionally, it gives error messages.

3) Since username is displayed on the URL address bar, I suspect it will pave a way for future exploitations.