Adding a table field to vb table

[Kaemon]

If I want to add a field such as "member_number" to the user table, is it OK to add it to the user table or should I create a separate table and link them by userid? I'm uncertain if the new column and data would be lost during an upgrade. (I'm currently on 3.7.4).

Thanks for the help/advice.

[Lynne]

I've added fields to my user table and it was not lost in my upgrade to 4.x on my test sites (and should not be).

[borbole]

Indeed. It won''t be lost during and/or after the upgrade. About adding the extra custom field you can add it directly to the user table.