Uuid field: Difference between revisions
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== Description == | |||
This field stores a universally unique identifier. This may be hash hash (e.g. MD5 or SHA1). | |||
== Inheritance == | |||
* [[Metadata]] | |||
** [[Text field]] | |||
*** [[Id field]] | |||
**** [[Uuid field]] | |||
== Additional Properties == | |||
As for [[Id field#Additional_Properties|Id fields]] except for | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" | |||
| name || default || description | |||
|- | |||
| '''maxlength''' || 45 || '''Different default.''' | |||
|- | |||
| '''text_index''' || 0 || '''Different default.''' | |||
|} | |||
== Required Phrases == | |||
No additional phrases beyond those required for [[Id field#Required_Phrases|Id fields]]. | |||
== Database == | |||
Uuid fields are stored in the database as | |||
fieldname VARCHAR(255) | |||
== API == | |||
See [[API:EPrints/MetaField/Uuid|API page]]. | |||
== Examples == | |||
Most basic example. | |||
{ | |||
name => 'uuid', | |||
type => 'uuid', | |||
}, | |||
Revision as of 22:40, 10 April 2023
EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects
Metadata Fields: Arclanguage - Base64 - Bigint - Boolean - Compound - Counter - Dataobjref - Date - Decimal - Email - Fields - Float - Id - Idci - Image - Int - Itemref - Keywords - Langid - Longtext - Longtext_counter - Multilang - Multipart - Name - Namedset - Pagerange - Recaptcha - Recaptcha3 - Relation - Search - Secret - Set - Storable - Subject - Subobject - Text - Time - Timestamp - Url - Uuid
Description
This field stores a universally unique identifier. This may be hash hash (e.g. MD5 or SHA1).
Inheritance
Additional Properties
As for Id fields except for
| name | default | description |
| maxlength | 45 | Different default. |
| text_index | 0 | Different default. |
Required Phrases
No additional phrases beyond those required for Id fields.
Database
Uuid fields are stored in the database as
fieldname VARCHAR(255)
API
See API page.
Examples
Most basic example.
{
name => 'uuid',
type => 'uuid',
},