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

[Uma S]

Hi,

We had reported this has an enhancement in trac
<http://trac.vtiger.com/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/ticket/8353#ticket>. Will get back
with this.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Stacey Johnson <stacey.johnson110 at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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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Best Regards
Uma.S
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