Difference between revisions of "Freeside:Documentation:Developer:Schema changes"
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=== Skeleton class autogeneration === | === Skeleton class autogeneration === | ||
Revision as of 17:57, 7 June 2013
Contents
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 columns and indices.
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 tablenamefor each table. Use the-noption if you prefer not to have Mason load the table module. - 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
