killing two birds w/ one stone...?

how would i be able to use ONE database so that users only have to register once, for the members area as well as the message board. Could I just use the message boards registration page but change simple things around like the redirection page after they have finished registering ? but then how would i call everything like the on the index.php, i know hwo to call like the users name, but how would i verify everything?

Vasarab69! You shouldnt be killing birds! Shame, shame, shame.

eheh, anyway, im working on my site case-extreme.com.

I have a members area like yours as well as a forums (invision board)

for the members area, i use the database from the forums, so they only have to register once. Because of the way invision board is programmed, i can add my own fields if i want to.

yeah, i'm using Burning Board 2.0 and i was thinking about doing that...im pretty sure i know what to do as far as like using a custom registration script or something like that