[wp-hackers] MU-compatbility with custom plugin tables?

[Austin Matzko]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Derek Hogue <derek at amphibian.info> wrote:
> Thanks for that Austin, that's good to know - though, that's not
> exactly what I was looking for.  I do need everyone using their own
> tables, as they'll be posting their own list of shows.
>
> So, current behavior in terms of inserting data is fine - it's looking
> for the tables that I *want* to be there.  But since GigPress is
> installed in 'mu-plugins', blog users never activate the plugin, so
> their own set of tables never get installed.
>
> I suppose I could do a quick 'SHOW tables LIKE' check on admin_init to
> see if the tables are there, and if not, install them, but that seems
> excessive.

You might check for MU and disable functionality (with an admin
warning message for site admins) until the site admin runs a setup
script that creates all tables.  In that case it would be only a check
for a single option marking whether installation has completed.