Comments on: Change Your OTN Forums Account Email?

By: Pythian Group Blog » OTN Forums Developers Heard My Voice

Pythian Group Blog » OTN Forums Developers Heard My Voice — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:53:51 +0000

[...] few month ago I posted about my indignation regarding inability to change my email address on OTN. Now, I’m not only able to change my email address, but also the screen name (I don’t [...]

By: Kevin Closson

Kevin Closson — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:04:05 +0000

Well, again, someone can write great database management software, others – database applications, third – operating systems.

Alex,

Surely you jest. Oracle is all three now that they R and R (Rip and Recompile) RH :-)

By: Borkur Steingrimsson

Borkur Steingrimsson — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:04:31 +0000

Well, this is indeed really annoying.
A simple enough solution, at least until the OTN MegaForums RX2000 comes out, would be:
Add another field, say: email_announce
Populate this new field with the old address
Allow users to change this field
Hide the old field.
Bob’s your uncle!

I do try to use the forums a bit, but I haven’t had access to the email address I signed up with, for more than 3 years now….

By: William Robertson

William Robertson — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:54:08 +0000

Strangely, OTN is apparently unable to change this so there is no point in complaining to them, and we are also told that it is not the fault of the Jive forum software either. It therefore seems there is some architectural or business restriction which is nobody’s responsibility and which nobody can describe, let alone change. It’s all very mysterious.

By: Alex Gorbachev

Alex Gorbachev — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:19:58 +0000

But what a marketing campaign they can run when this is implemented!
“All new OTN Forums – the most advanced forums ever – now you CAN change your email.” LOL

By: APC

APC — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:37:00 +0000

>> natural keys vs artifical keys?

The irritating thing is that the OTN accounts have _three_ unique keys – a synthetic ID, a public handle (although setting it is optional) and the e-mail address. It seems bizarre that even though the account is no longer identified by our e-mail we still can’t change it. I think Oracle may have been working on this functionality but baulked at how many records they will have to update to replace a natural key with a synthetic one.

Cheers, APC

By: Alex Gorbachev

Alex Gorbachev — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:24:45 +0000

I thought it’s natural key issue but I recall there was time that I could change my email. If they migrated to an new “improved” forums – someone should have get a good bonus for that.

By: Noons

Noons — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:11:57 +0000

natural keys vs artifical keys?

still: whatever it is, a real annoyance.