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| + | This field represents an integer whose value may be too big to to store in a standard database integer field. | ||
== Inheritance == | == Inheritance == | ||
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* [[Metadata]] | * [[Metadata]] | ||
** [[Int field]] | ** [[Int field]] | ||
*** [[Bigint field]] | *** [[Bigint field]] | ||
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== Properties == | == Properties == | ||
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{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" | {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" | ||
| name || default || description | | name || default || description | ||
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== Database == | == Database == | ||
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Counter fields are stored in the database as | Counter fields are stored in the database as | ||
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== API == | == API == | ||
| − | + | See [[API:EPrints/MetaField/Bigint|API page]]. | |
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
Revision as of 08:15, 21 March 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 represents an integer whose value may be too big to to store in a standard database integer field.
Inheritance
Properties
| name | default | description |
| digits | n/a | This property is taken from the repository configuration. |
Required Phrases
No additional phrases.
Database
Counter fields are stored in the database as
fieldname BIGINT(20)
API
See API page.
Examples
A basic example.
{
name => 'population',
type => 'bigint',
}
Restrict number of digits can be added to this field in the wokflow.
{
name => 'hesa_id',
type => 'bigint',
digits => 13,
}
