Index: user.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/user/user.module,v
retrieving revision 1.933
diff -u -r1.933 user.module
--- user.module	11 Nov 2008 22:39:59 -0000	1.933
+++ user.module	15 Nov 2008 10:16:43 -0000
@@ -259,10 +259,6 @@
     $edit['uid'] = $account->uid;
     // Save changes to the users table.
     $success = drupal_write_record('users', $edit, 'uid');
-    if (!$success) {
-      // The query failed - better to abort the save than risk further data loss.
-      return FALSE;
-    }
 
     // Reload user roles if provided.
     if (isset($edit['roles']) && is_array($edit['roles'])) {