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diff --git a/Bugzilla/DB/Schema.pm b/Bugzilla/DB/Schema.pm index b4a9005f7..0a5cf9420 100644 --- a/Bugzilla/DB/Schema.pm +++ b/Bugzilla/DB/Schema.pm @@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ That means that CGI scripts should never call any function in this module directly, but should instead rely on methods provided by Bugzilla::DB. +=head1 NEW TO SCHEMA.PM? + +If this is your first time looking at Schema.pm, especially if +you are making changes to the database, please take a look at +L<http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#sql-schema> to learn +more about how this integrates into the rest of Bugzilla. + =cut #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -2072,36 +2079,75 @@ __END__ =head1 ABSTRACT DATA TYPES -The following abstract data types are used: +The size and range data provided here is only +intended as a guide. See your database's Bugzilla +module (in this directory) for the most up-to-date +values for these data types. The following +abstract data types are used: =over 4 =item C<BOOLEAN> +Logical value 0 or 1 where 1 is true, 0 is false. + =item C<INT1> +Integer values (-128 - 127 or 0 - 255 unsigned). + =item C<INT2> +Integer values (-32,768 - 32767 or 0 - 65,535 unsigned). + =item C<INT3> +Integer values (-8,388,608 - 8,388,607 or 0 - 16,777,215 unsigned) + =item C<INT4> +Integer values (-2,147,483,648 - 2,147,483,647 or 0 - 4,294,967,295 +unsigned) + =item C<SMALLSERIAL> +An auto-increment L</INT1> + =item C<MEDIUMSERIAL> +An auto-increment L</INT3> + =item C<INTSERIAL> +An auto-increment L</INT4> + =item C<TINYTEXT> +Variable length string of characters up to 255 (2^8 - 1) characters wide +or more depending on the character set used. + =item C<MEDIUMTEXT> +Variable length string of characters up to 16M (2^24 - 1) characters wide +or more depending on the character set used. + =item C<TEXT> +Variable length string of characters up to 64K (2^16 - 1) characters wide +or more depending on the character set used. + =item C<LONGBLOB> +Variable length string of binary data up to 4M (2^32 - 1) bytes wide + =item C<DATETIME> +DATETIME support varies from database to database, however, it's generally +safe to say that DATETIME entries support all date/time combinations greater +than 1900-01-01 00:00:00. Note that the format used is C<YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss> +to be safe, though it's possible that your database may not require +leading zeros. For greatest compatibility, however, please make sure dates +are formatted as above for queries to guarantee consistent results. + =back Database-specific subclasses should define the implementation for these data @@ -2123,4 +2169,6 @@ database-specific basis: L<Bugzilla::DB> +L<http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/developer.html#sql-schema> + =cut |