content::type::attribute::new (public)

 content::type::attribute::new -content_type content_type \
    -attribute_name attribute_name -datatype datatype \
    -pretty_name pretty_name [ -pretty_plural pretty_plural ] \
    [ -sort_order sort_order ] [ -default_value default_value ] \
    [ -column_spec column_spec ]

Defined in packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-type-procs.tcl

Switches:

-content_type

(required)

-attribute_name

(required)

-datatype

(required)

-pretty_name

(required)

-pretty_plural

(optional)

-sort_order

(optional)

-default_value

(optional)

-column_spec

(optional)

Specification for column to pass to the database. Not optional if the column does not already exist in the table.

Returns:

attribute_id for created attribute

Partial Call Graph (max 5 caller/called nodes):

Testcases:

content_item

Source code:

    if {[db_type] eq "oracle"} {
    switch -- $column_spec {
        text { set column_spec clob }
        boolean { set column_spec "char(1)" }
    }
    } else {
    switch -- $column_spec {
        clob { set column_spec text }
    }
    }

    return [package_exec_plsql -var_list [list  [list content_type $content_type ]  [list attribute_name $attribute_name ]  [list datatype $datatype ]  [list pretty_name $pretty_name ]  [list pretty_plural $pretty_plural ]  [list sort_order $sort_order ]  [list default_value $default_value ]  [list column_spec $column_spec ]  ] content_type create_attribute]

XQL Not present:

PostgreSQL, Oracle

Generic XQL file:

packages/acs-content-repository/tcl/content-type-procs.xql