Originally Posted by
kipper
They'd not only have to search the database to see if someone's name appeared twice, but they'd also have to check addresses at sign-up then, otherwise anyone who had the same name as another person (John Smith for example) would be denied opening an account.
Do you you realize that a check in the database can be done with one line of code in MySQL, using a SELECT statement? You make it sound like some overworked, underpaid soul is going to have to search millions of files to satisfy my request for a flag during account creation.