Manual:User table

The user table is where MediaWiki stores information about users. If using Postgres, this table is named mwuser.

Fields
Some of this information was adapted from  in the MediaWiki   directory.

user_password
user_password is one of two formats, depending on the setting of $wgPasswordSalt:

If $wgPasswordSalt is true (default) it is a concatenation of:
 * The string ":B:",
 * A pseudo-random hexadecimal 31-bit salt between 0x0 and 0x7fff ffff (inclusive),
 * The colon character (":"), and
 * The MD5 hash of a concatenation of the salt, a dash ("-"), and the MD5 hash of the password.

If $wgPasswordSalt is false, it is a concatenation of:
 * The string ":A:" and
 * The MD5 hash of the password.

user_editcount
user_editcount
 * Count of edits and edit-like actions.
 * *NOT* intended to be an accurate copy of COUNT(*) WHERE rev_user=user_id May contain NULL for old accounts if batch-update scripts haven't been run, as well as listing deleted edits and other myriad ways it could be out of sync.
 * Meant primarily for heuristic checks to give an impression of whether the account has been used much.

user_id
user_id is the primary key, used to uniquely identify a user

user_name
user_name: Usernames must be unique, and must not be in the form of an IP address. Shouldn't allow slashes or case conflicts. Spaces are allowed, and are not converted to underscores like titles. (Conflicts?)

user_real_name
user_real_name stores the user's real name (optional) as provided by the user in their "Preferences" section.

user_rights
user_rights is a comma-separated list of textual flags.

user_password
user_password is a concatenated md5 hash of user_id, a hyphen (-), and md5 hash of current password. (That is, MD5(CONCAT(user_id, "-", MD5("PASSWORD"))) in SQL.)

user_newpassword
user_newpassword is generated for the mail-a-new-password feature.

user_email
user_email Note: email should be restricted, not public info. Same with passwords. ;)

user_options
user_options is a newline-separated list of name=value pairs.

user_touched
user_touched the last time a user made a change on the site, including logins, changes to pages (any namespace), watchlistings, and preference changes.

user_token
user_token a pseudorandomly generated value that is stored in a cookie when the "remember password" feature is used

Schema summary
"DESCRIBE user;" in version 1.13 gives the following: +--+--+--+-+-++ +--+--+--+-+-++ +--+--+--+-+-++
 * Field                   | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * user_id                 | int(10) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * user_name               | varbinary(255)   | NO   | UNI |         |                |
 * user_real_name          | varbinary(255)   | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_password           | tinyblob         | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_newpassword        | tinyblob         | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_newpass_time       | binary(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email              | tinyblob         | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_options            | blob             | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_touched            | binary(14)       | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_token              | binary(32)       | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_email_authenticated | binary(14)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token        | binary(32)       | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token_expires | binary(14)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_registration       | binary(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_editcount          | int(11)          | YES  |     | NULL    |                |

"DESCRIBE user;" in version 1.11 gives the following: +--+--+--+-+-++ +--+--+--+-+-++ +--+--+--+-+-++
 * Field                   | Type             | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * user_id                 | int(10) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * user_name               | varchar(255)     | NO   | UNI |         |                |
 * user_real_name          | varchar(255)     | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_password           | tinyblob         | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_newpassword        | tinyblob         | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_newpass_time       | binary(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email              | tinytext         | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_options            | blob             | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_touched            | binary(14)       | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_token              | binary(32)       | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_email_authenticated | binary(14)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token        | binary(32)       | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token_expires | binary(14)      | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_registration       | binary(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_editcount          | int(11)          | YES  |     | NULL    |                |

"DESCRIBE user;" in version 1.9 gives the following: +--+-+--+-+---++ +--+-+--+-+---++ +--+-+--+-+---++
 * Field                   | Type            | Null | Key | Default           | Extra          |
 * user_id                 | int(5) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL              | auto_increment |
 * user_name               | varchar(255)    | NO   | UNI | NULL              |                |
 * user_real_name          | varchar(255)    | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_password           | tinyblob        | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_newpassword        | tinyblob        | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_email              | tinytext        | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_options            | blob            | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_touched            | char(14)        | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_token              | char(32)        | NO   |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_email_authenticated | char(14)       | YES  |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_email_token        | char(32)        | YES  | MUL | NULL              |                |
 * user_email_token_expires | char(14)       | YES  |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_registration       | char(14)        | YES  |     | NULL              |                |
 * user_newpass_time       | timestamp       | YES  |     | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP |                |
 * user_editcount          | int(11)         | YES  |     | NULL              |                |

"DESCRIBE user;" in version 1.8 gives the following: +--+-+--+-+-++ +--+-+--+-+-++ +--+-+--+-+-++
 * Field                   | Type            | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * user_id                 | int(5) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * user_name               | varchar(255)    | NO   | UNI | NULL    |                |
 * user_real_name          | varchar(255)    | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_password           | tinyblob        | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_newpassword        | tinyblob        | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email              | tinytext        | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_options            | blob            | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_touched            | char(14)        | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_token              | char(32)        | NO   |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_authenticated | char(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token        | char(32)        | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token_expires | char(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_registration       | char(14)        | YES  |     | NULL    |                |

"DESCRIBE user;" in version 1.5 gives the following: +--+-+--+-+-++ +--+-+--+-+-++ +--+-+--+-+-++
 * Field                   | Type            | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * user_id                 | int(5) unsigned | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * user_name               | varchar(255)    | NO   | UNI |         |                |
 * user_real_name          | varchar(255)    | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_password           | tinyblob        | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_newpassword        | tinyblob        | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_email              | tinytext        | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_options            | blob            | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_touched            | char(14)        | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_token              | char(32)        | NO   |     |         |                |
 * user_email_authenticated | char(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token        | char(32)        | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * user_email_token_expires | char(14)       | YES  |     | NULL    |                |

"DESCRIBE user;" in version 1.4 gives the following:

+--+-+--+-+-++ +--+-+--+-+-++ +--+-+--+-+-++
 * Field           | Type                | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * user_id         | int(5) unsigned     |      | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * user_name       | varchar(255) binary |      |     |         |                |
 * user_rights     | tinyblob            |      |     |         |                |
 * user_password   | tinyblob            |      |     |         |                |
 * user_newpassword | tinyblob           |      |     |         |                |
 * user_email      | tinytext            |      |     |         |                |
 * user_options    | blob                |      |     |         |                |
 * user_touched    | varchar(14) binary  |      |     |         |                |