userGroup -> visitor -- help needed

[Guest]

How can I automatically append a "visitor" value to a user when they register to my site? I have a userGroup column in my database and I want to grant certain permissions to "admins" and others to "visitors" on my site. I tried a hidden field in my form, named it "userGroup", and set it's value as "visitor". I can see that when someone registers, no userGroup value is being appended (the field in the database is blank). Which means I either did the hidden field wrong, or something just isn't working correctly. Please help!

Your help is greatly appreciated!

Matt

[Guest]

I resolved this issue. I was walking through a tutorial that had me insert the hidden field after the form was already built. I decided to go back and do the form all over again with the userGroup hidden field (value = visitor) attached. It works now.

- Matt

[Newsgroup_User]

mtrueblood wrote:
> I resolved this issue. I was walking through a tutorial that had me insert the
> hidden field after the form was already built. I decided to go back and do the
> form all over again with the userGroup hidden field (value = visitor) attached.
> It works now.

Be very careful using this method, as hidden form fields can be changed
by bots, or anyone else wanting to get into your application. If they
change it to admins, they can create an account which has more access
than they should and cause havoc. You should put this value in the
server side code, not in a form field.

Dooza
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[Andy-K]

couldn't you just set the default value in the database to "visitor"?

[Newsgroup_User]

Andy-K wrote:
> couldn't you just set the default value in the database to "visitor"?

Thats the best way to do it.

Dooza
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