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function _db_process_field in Drupal 6

Same name in this branch

6 includes/database.mysql-common.inc \_db_process_field()
6 includes/database.pgsql.inc \_db_process_field()

Set database-engine specific properties for a field.

Parameters

$field: A field description array, as specified in the schema documentation.

Related topics

Schema API: A Drupal schema definition is an array structure representing one or more tables and their related keys and indexes. A schema is defined by hook_schema(), which usually lives in a modulename.install file.

5 calls to _db_process_field()

db_add_field in includes/database.mysql-common.inc: Add a new field to a table.
db_add_field in includes/database.pgsql.inc: Add a new field to a table.
db_change_field in includes/database.mysql-common.inc: Change a field definition.
db_create_table_sql in includes/database.mysql-common.inc: Generate SQL to create a new table from a Drupal schema definition.
db_create_table_sql in includes/database.pgsql.inc: Generate SQL to create a new table from a Drupal schema definition.

File

includes/database.pgsql.inc, line 563: Database interface code for PostgreSQL database servers.

Code

function _db_process_field($field) {
  if (!isset($field['size'])) {
    $field['size'] = 'normal';
  }

  // Set the correct database-engine specific datatype.
  if (!isset($field['pgsql_type'])) {
    $map = db_type_map();
    $field['pgsql_type'] = $map[$field['type'] . ':' . $field['size']];
  }
  if ($field['type'] == 'serial') {
    unset($field['not null']);
  }
  return $field;
}