Freeside:1.7:Documentation:Developer:Schema changes

Schema.pm

• Required
• Edit the big data structure in FS/FS/Schema.pm and add your tables and columns

Essential documentation

• The upgrade script will automatically handle new tables as well as new columns, removed columns and changes to indices. Column changes (other than NULLability) are not handled.
• If other schema changes are required (such as changed columns, renamed or removed tables, etc.), add a quick note to the upgrade instructions at Freeside:1.7:Documentation:Upgrading and/or Freeside:1.9:Documentation:Upgrading-HEAD

Skeleton class autogeneration

• For new tables. Optional but recommended. We're trying to save you work!
• Make sure the tables have been added to FS/FS/Schema.pm and run make install-perl-modules
• From the root freeside directory, run bin/generate-table-module tablename for each table.
• Edit the resulting FS/FS/table.pm
• FS/MANIFEST is updated and FS/t/table.t is added. Don't forget to cvs add FS/FS/table.pm and FS/t/table.t and check them in.

Required Documentation

• For new tables: add to FS/FS.pm

Optional: Documentation looking for adopters or innovative autogeneration

• somehwat neglected: httemplate/docs/schema.html
• really neglected: httemplate/docs/schema.dia