What does parentid do?

[mtha]

Originally Posted by Chousho

Thanks for the info, guys!

So let's say there is a forum where replies are not allowed, would there be a need for a parentid?


Such as, what if I wanted to use (a stripped down) VB to post news. No "comments" in reply to the news post, just the initial story. Theoretically, would there still be a purpose for parentid?

*sorry, just thought of another*
So replies are searched for according to parentid, then shown by date?

in forum view, if you dont have reply, you dont need to use parentid. however, in this paticular the system (vbulletin), you still need to have it, for vbulletin to work.