Uuid field - Revision history

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2023-04-16T13:46:35Z

‎Additional Properties

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‎Additional Properties

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‎Additional Properties

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‎Description

2023-04-11T08:22:51Z

Added better description. Amended Database section so correct length varchar

2023-04-11T08:11:50Z

2023-04-10T22:40:26Z

Amended structure to standardise for metadata field type.

2022-02-18T10:56:42Z

Added Uuid field type.

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{{fieldtypes}}

[[Metadata]] field, which is a universally unique identifier. This may be hash hash (e.g. MD5 or SHA1).

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 |-
 | '''maxlength''' || <tt>45</tt> || NO || Maximum length of string that can be entered into this field in the input form. || Different from [[Metadata]] default (<tt>255</tt>). Should not be locally modified.
 |}

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 {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"
-| name || default || description
+! Name !! Default Value !! Required? !! Description !! Notes
 |-
 | '''maxlength''' || <tt>45</tt> || NO || Maximum length of string that can be entered into this field in the input form. || Different from [[Metadata]] default (<tt>255</tt>). Should not be locally modified.
 |}

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 | name || default || description
 |-
-| '''maxlength''' || 45 || '''Different default. Should not be locally modified.'''
+| '''maxlength''' || <tt>45</tt> || NO || Maximum length of string that can be entered into this field in the input form. || Different from [[Metadata]] default (<tt>255</tt>). Should not be locally modified.
 |}

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 == Description ==
-This field type automatically generates a UUID using the <tt>APR::UUID</tt> Perl module, which is part of mod_perl. The UUID is prepended with <tt>urn:uuid:</code> to namespace it to the global system of UUID URIs. (E.g. <tt>urn:uuid:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000</tt>).
+This field type automatically generates a UUID using the <tt>APR::UUID</tt> Perl module, which is part of mod_perl. The UUID is prepended with <tt>urn:uuid:</tt> to namespace it to the global system of UUID URIs. (E.g. <tt>urn:uuid:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000</tt>).
 == Inheritance ==

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 == Description ==
-This field stores a universally unique identifier.  This might be a hash (e.g. MD5 or SHA1).
+This field type automatically generates a UUID using the <tt>APR::UUID</tt> Perl module, which is part of mod_perl. The UUID is prepended with <tt>urn:uuid:</code> to namespace it to the global system of UUID URIs. (E.g. <tt>urn:uuid:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000</tt>).
 == Inheritance ==
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 | name || default || description
 |-
-| '''maxlength''' || 45 || '''Different default.'''
+| '''maxlength''' || 45 || '''Different default. Should not be locally modified.'''
 |-
 | '''text_index''' || 0 || '''Different default.'''
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 == Database ==
 Uuid fields are stored in the database as
-  fieldname VARCHAR(255)
+  fieldname VARCHAR(45)
 == API ==

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−	~~[[Metadata]]~~ field~~, which is~~ a universally unique identifier. This may be hash hash (e.g. MD5 or SHA1).	+
		+	== 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',
		+	},