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Asked: 2026-05-23T13:08:49+00:00

I’m beginning work on a web application that will have several distinct user types,

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I’m beginning work on a web application that will have several distinct user types, example being Registered User, Site Admin, User Admin..etc. Users may have more than 1 role.

In previous projects, I’ve been able to manage different user schemas with 3 tables: User, UserRole, User_UserRole. With this approach, it was relatively easy to manage the M-M relationship between User and UserRole (in User_UserRole table).

However, I don’t think this approach will work so nicely in this project for the following reason. I need to be able to track who (site admin or user admin) approves each user.

I haven’t been able to come up with any elegant solution for this, and am looking for some suggestions. The simpler the better.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just include a granted_by column in the User_UserRole table that points to the User table.

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