Hi, Regarding a feature request for allowing setting Signed/Unsigned attribute by using central columns http://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/feature-requests/1608/. I have implemented it by adding an extra column named 'col_Attribute' in central columns table so as there would be no confusion regarding it but as quoted by Madhura on github https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/1511 there will be many problem regarding this. So I need suggestion if it is required to add a new column or it would be enough by just adding 'attributes' to the 'col_extra' column. Thanks and Regards.
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Rakesh Kumar rakeshkumar4294@gmail.com wrote:
yeah, I agree with Madhura on upgrading will not be easy for the user if you add another column in an existing table. I would also suggest to use the existing "col_extra" column itself to store the column attributes as well. You might keep array dump in column col_extra which identify if it comes under column attributes or extra values.
-- Smita K.
​​Hi Smita, Thanks for the reply. IMO storing attribute data in 'col_extra' would be not only little more confusing to the code but also making a new column will make the table itself little more informative. It will be a problem at start but I think in long term it may be more efficient.
On 20 February 2015 at 18:28, Smita kumarismita62@gmail.com wrote:
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