VirtueMart - 1.1 Developer's Guide
User Integration
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2.6. User Integration
VM uses Joomla's user table
jos_users
for the User Management. Users which are no customers,
have just empty values in their additional customer fields in that table.
There can be users who are no customers, but there can't be customers who are no registered users
on the Joomla Site.
on the Joomla Site.
The Shop has an own registration procedure which adds all entries for the additional user fields durch
(assigning the customer to a shopper group, to a vendor...)
(assigning the customer to a shopper group, to a vendor...)
•
jos_users
contains BillTo Address Information
•
jos_vm_user_info
contains ShipTo Address Information (when the customer has added
ShipTo Addresses)
•
jos_vm_order_user_info
contains a copy of the BillTo (&ShipTo) Address at the moment
when an order is placed