[Vtigercrm-developers] Picklist handling [Was: Re: Coding Guidelines for vtiger CRM extensions]

[Stacey Johnson]

developer numeric code instead of prefix. I guess 4 digits is enough?

Stacey

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Alan Lord <alanslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20/11/14 13:17, IT-Solutions4You wrote:
>
>> Hi to all developers ;-)
>>
>> I see huge activity last days, we are happy with it. But I have a
>> please, can we keep the basic Coding Guidelines defined by vtiger team
>> to avoid compatibility problems in the future.
>>
>
> +1.
>
> This is even more important now we have the extension store and multiple
> providers of similar modules.
>
> On this subject is something I've been meaning to discuss for a while
> now...
>
> Could vtiger/us also look at the way picklist tables are generated for
> some future release please?
>
> Right now, if I used vtlib to create a new UIType 15 or 16 field - let's
> call it "type", it creates a table called vtiger_type to hold the picklist
> values...
>
> Now my module's basetable may well be called libertus_lsmymodule.
>
> Right now I have to prefix my field name with not only "ls" to signify
> it's one of ours, but also, when we are talking about a common field name
> for picklists such as "status" or "type", an indication of the module name
> it is for - if it is exclusive.
>
> So my field ends up being called something like 'lsmymod_type' which
> vtiger then ends up creating a table called vtiger_lsmymod_type.
>
> In a few cases where we have had more descriptive field names I have run
> into problems with the length of the table name - which is limited in the
> vtiger code IIRC.
>
> I think it would be helpful if the picklist tables could be prefixed with
> the same prefix as the original module so our picklists would typically
> start with libertus_ rather than vtiger_...
>
> Or maybe someone can up with a better solution for picklists?
>
> Cheers
>
> Al
>
>
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