# Where is the user content stored in the database?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [2017 年5 月 15 日 22:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-user-content-stored-in-the-database/62759 "2017-05-15T22:16:35Z")\
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作者： ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)\
发布日期： [2017 年5 月 16 日 05:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-the-user-content-stored-in-the-database/62759/8 "2017-05-16T05:07:58Z")

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You really, _really_ don’t want to put data into the database tables directly. Stick with using the ActiveRecord models, which take care of a whole pile of “bookkeeping” behind the scenes for you. That’s what (nearly) all of the existing importers do.

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