How do I add a uuid_binary as a field type?

Question

In my previous version of skipper I had added uuid_binary as a type. Now that I have updated, I see this has disappeared. Unfortunately, I can not remember how I did it before...

Kindly advise what file I need to edit in order to add this type!

thanks

Answer 1

Hi,

check following document page:

https://help.skipper18.com/expert-usage/customization/configuration-files/

and

https://help.skipper18.com/expert-usage/customization/configuration-file-structure/

You have to create a standalone configuration file (located in your project or in user-settings path) to keep these changes between updates. In case you update Skipper configuration files directly, these files will be automatically rewritten after every update.

Comments

Ok thank you,

So to be clear, if I want my changes to work beyond each upgrade, I need to add a custom file?

As I am on a mac, this would be adding something like:

Doctrine2.custom.skipper.cfg.xml which would be placed in the following folder on mac: /Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Skipper/Configurations/Frameworks

The content would be:

<skipper-configuration xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">  
     <orm-configuration>
                <data-type name="uuid_binary"/>
         </data-types>   
     </orm-configuration> 
</skipper-configuration>

This assumption is based on the idea that the configs are array merged...

NB: I updated this as the previous information was not accurate.

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Yes, you can place it to

/Users/USER/Library/Application Support/Skipper/Configurations

or you can place it to the directory with your project. Depending if you want to share this configuration between all your projects, or if it is project-dependent.

And regarding content, yes, all configurations are merged by priority described here:

https://help.skipper18.com/images/expert-usage/configuration-files/1_load-order-example.png

You can omit "image" and "caption" attributes in orm-configuration. Only "name" is required. The rest of the example is correct.

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And a side note. uuid_binary is some custom type, or Doctrine2 native type? I can't find any mention about this type.

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We use the type for our Ramsey uuid field: https://github.com/ramsey/uuid