Int field

EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects

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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 - Relation - Search - Secret - Set - Storable - Subject - Subobject - Text - Time - Timestamp - Url - Uuid

Description

This metadata field is for store whole number values. Such as the number of pages of a publication or number of pieces that make up an exhibition-type publication. Maximum number that can be stored is 2,147,483,647, minimum number is -2,147,483,647.

Inheritance

• Metadata
  • Int field

Additional Properties

Name	Default Value	Required	Description	Notes
digits	9	NO	The maximum number of digits for the integer value.	The default value for this property is taken from cfg.d/field_property_defaults.pl. Analogous to maxlength. Database INT(11) cannot reliably store numbers that takes up more than 9 digits (including a sign if negative).

Required Phrases

No additional phrases beyond standard metadata field phrases.

Database

Int fields are stored in the database as

fieldname INT(11)

API

See API page.

Examples

Most basic example.

{
    name => 'num_pieces',
    type => 'int',
},

Limit input field to six characters (digits) and do not create a SQL database table index.

{
    name => 'pages',
    type => 'int',
    maxlength => 6,
    sql_index => 0,
},