Schema:directory

Schema Summary
+-++--+-+-++ | Field          | Type       | Null | Key | Default | Extra          | +-++--+-+-++ | directory_id   | int(11)    | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment | | directory_mask | int(11)    | YES  |     | NULL    |                | | directory_index | mediumtext | YES |     | NULL    |                | +-++--+-+-++

Description
The directory table is used to create the online author directory. There is one entry in this table for each character in the alphabet.


 * directory_id - Unique directory ID.


 * directory_mask - A bitmask indicating whether or not any lastnames are present in the database whose first letter matches the value stored in directory_index. The bitmask maps onto the second letter of the last name, where 0x0001 matches the letter a, 0x0002 matches the letter b, 0x0004 matches the letter c, etc.


 * directory_index - The first letter of the lastname being tracked.