function DatabaseSchema_mysql::createFieldSql

Create an SQL string for a field to be used in table creation or alteration.

Before passing a field out of a schema definition into this function it has to be processed by _db_process_field().

Parameters

$name: Name of the field.

$spec: The field specification, as per the schema data structure format.

3 calls to DatabaseSchema_mysql::createFieldSql()
DatabaseSchema_mysql::addField in includes/database/mysql/schema.inc
Add a new field to a table.
DatabaseSchema_mysql::changeField in includes/database/mysql/schema.inc
Change a field definition.
DatabaseSchema_mysql::createTableSql in includes/database/mysql/schema.inc
Generate SQL to create a new table from a Drupal schema definition.

File

includes/database/mysql/schema.inc, line 144

Class

DatabaseSchema_mysql

Code

protected function createFieldSql($name, $spec) {
    $sql = "`" . $name . "` " . $spec['mysql_type'];
    if (in_array($spec['mysql_type'], array(
        'VARCHAR',
        'CHAR',
        'TINYTEXT',
        'MEDIUMTEXT',
        'LONGTEXT',
        'TEXT',
    ))) {
        if (isset($spec['length'])) {
            $sql .= '(' . $spec['length'] . ')';
        }
        if (!empty($spec['binary'])) {
            $sql .= ' BINARY';
        }
    }
    elseif (isset($spec['precision']) && isset($spec['scale'])) {
        $sql .= '(' . $spec['precision'] . ', ' . $spec['scale'] . ')';
    }
    if (!empty($spec['unsigned'])) {
        $sql .= ' unsigned';
    }
    if (isset($spec['not null'])) {
        if ($spec['not null']) {
            $sql .= ' NOT NULL';
        }
        else {
            $sql .= ' NULL';
        }
    }
    if (!empty($spec['auto_increment'])) {
        $sql .= ' auto_increment';
    }
    // $spec['default'] can be NULL, so we explicitly check for the key here.
    if (array_key_exists('default', $spec)) {
        if (is_string($spec['default'])) {
            $spec['default'] = "'" . $spec['default'] . "'";
        }
        elseif (!isset($spec['default'])) {
            $spec['default'] = 'NULL';
        }
        $sql .= ' DEFAULT ' . $spec['default'];
    }
    if (empty($spec['not null']) && !isset($spec['default'])) {
        $sql .= ' DEFAULT NULL';
    }
    // Add column comment.
    if (!empty($spec['description'])) {
        $sql .= ' COMMENT ' . $this->prepareComment($spec['description'], self::COMMENT_MAX_COLUMN);
    }
    return $sql;
}

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