# thread block idea???

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thread-block-idea/187065>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [December 28, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thread-block-idea/187065 "2006-12-28T14:14:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2006, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thread-block-idea/187065/5 "2006-12-29T04:37:55Z")

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> [@All that is MAN!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/all-that-is-man/9558/212):
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> 1. Create or use an existing backend SQL database that has a table called “Users” with primary row key name varchar “userID” and a related item varchar field called “threadID”.
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> 2. Add button to a thread header called “block this thread” or something.
> 
> 3. wire up button to tell database to ‘enter this thread’s “threadID” and set it to “invisible” for that userID in table Users’.
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> 4. At the time where it’s about to render the page for that user, php query  
> SELECT \* FROM Users where userID=[that guy’s userID]
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> 5. If threadID is in the table for that user, do not render that table entry/line of html in the search or forum thread overview page.
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> 6. provide button in control panel “remove my stored list of invisible threads” which removes all the rows from table Users where userID=[that guy’s userID]

done! This should be working for all users now…

yeah I could do that, but really I don’t have the time anymore to work on pittspeed like I used to. I know I suck

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