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So I have some "custom" user fields which users must fill out when they register. When I look in the database in the xf_user_profile table, it appears that all the custom fields are under one column in the table called "Custom Fields" and the entries in each row is something like [BLOB - 47B]...

My boss and I talk privately in conversations. Can you image if we were talking privately forgetting to check if someone else is in the conversation? Like I did today. Good thing I was only making a jerk of myself and not saying something that would have given false impressions. Here is what...