Changes Affecting the TOS Forum Database Structure
Table Naming and Structure
Table Name Changes: The names of the tables have been updated,
now prefixed with the module name. For example, the old product
table is now spirits_product, and product_log has been renamed to
spirits_productlog.
● Primary Key Adjustments: Primary keys have been simplified. For
instance, where product had product_id as its primary key,
spirits_product now uses id.
● User-Related Tables: The members table has been renamed to
users_user, with additional details spread across users_member,
users_memberprivacysettings, and users_memberrankhistory.
● Country and Locale Handling: The origin table has changed to
system_country. All tables requiring country data now have a
country_id field.
● Member Activity and Ratings: Activity tables, such as
spirits_productrating, now include a user_id field linking back to
users_member via the id field.
● Discussion Table Migration: The discussions table in MySQL is now
forum_discussion in the PostgreSQL database.
● Property Tables Overhaul: Property-related tables are now named with
a property_ prefix, e.g., property_property,
property_propertyhierarchy, etc.
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Examples of Table Name Changes
Old Name
New Name
comments
forum_comment
discussion_extra_tags
forum_discussionextratag
discussion_tags
forum_discussiontag
discussions
forum_discussion
extra_tags
system_extratag
favorites
spirits_favourite
follower
users_follower
language
system_language
login_logs
users_loginlog
member
users_user
member_data
users_member
member_privacy_settings
users_memberprivacysettings
member_rank_history
users_memberrankhistory
language
system_language
login_logs
users_loginlog
member
users_user
member_data
users_member
member_privacy_settings
users_memberprivacysettings
member_rank_history
users_memberrankhistory
news
news_news
news_comments
news_newscomments
news_tags
news_newstags
notifications
system_notification
origin
system_country
product
spirits_product
product_affiliate
spirits_productaffiliate
product_change_recommendation
spirits_productchangerecommend
ation
product_log
spirits_productlog
product_picture
spirits_productimage
product_property
spirits_productproperty
product_rating
spirits_productrating
property
property_property
property_hierarchy
property_propertyhierarchy
property_key
property_propertykey
property_translation
property_propertytranslation
tasting_property
spirits_tastingproperty
type_of_spirit
spirits_typeofspirit
type_of_spirit_translation
spirits_typeofspirittranslation
user_notifications
system_usernotifications
Table Relationships
Updated Foreign Key References: Relationships have been modified to
use ID references instead of string values. For example,
spirits_product now uses spirit_type_id and type_of_spirit_id to link to
their respective tables, such as spirits_spirittype and
spirits_typeofspirit.
● Language Table Reference Changes: Tables formerly related to the
language table through a language code now use a language_id, and
the language table has been renamed to system_language.
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Translations Handling
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Translation Data Management: While MongoDB continues to serve as
the primary store for translations, duplicate records are now also kept
in the PostgreSQL database. This redundancy aims to speed up data
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retrieval for the forum. For example, spirits_product has a
corresponding spirits_producttranslation table containing fields like id,
product_id, language_code, and summary_text, synchronized with the
MongoDB collections.