Reused usernames and persistentIds

[Rhys Smith]

> 
> On 23 Oct 2014, at 16:32, Rhys Smith <smith at cardiff.ac.uk> wrote:
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> On 23 Oct 2014, at 14:42, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> On 10/23/14, 6:42 AM, "Ramon Pfeiffer" <ramon.pfeiffer at uni-tuebingen.de>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This page mentions the possibility to revoke a persistentId. How is it
>>> done?
>> 
>> Delete it from the database, basically.
> 
> Thought you just inserted NOW() into the deactivationDate field? That way, it’ll generate a new one, but retain the old one for tracing back who an issued persistentId belonged to?

Oops, mail client being slow… Can now see this has already been discussed!
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