[ixian]

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Ok, let's try this. Instead of me trying to be super-clever, I have gone to the basics.

Rather than create a whole new database, I've simply added some new tables to the vbulletin one to store the extra information I need. This, I found, makes intergrating it into the rest of my site much easier, among other things.

So here's what I need to know how to do:

On my game registration page, I have it set to check and make sure the person trying to access it is already a registered member of the site (they get the error_noregistration template if not). If they are, they are allowed to fill out the form with their game nickname, clan tag, etc. This then goes into the new tables I made and all is well.

What I need to do now is figure out how to stop them from registering if they have already done so. I figure - and I could be wrong here - that if I can set some sort of flag that tags a FORUM username as having already entered information into the game server table, I am set. Maybe a row in, say, the game server username table I created for the above that holds a bit - 0 for forum user has not entered information, 1 for they have - and it checks it before submission is allowed....?

Any ideas?

Thanks!