WIP - Basic adding and deleting field

backend/src/object/object.service.ts

@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ export class ObjectService {
       relationObject?: string;
       relationDisplayField?: string;
       defaultValue?: string;
+      length?: number;
+      precision?: number;
+      scale?: number;
+      uiMetadata?: any;
     },
   ) {
     const resolvedTenantId = await this.tenantDbService.resolveTenantId(tenantId);
@@ -283,8 +287,11 @@ export class ObjectService {
     // Use relationObject if provided (alias for referenceObject)
     const referenceObject = data.referenceObject || data.relationObject;
 
+    // Generate UUID in Node.js instead of using MySQL UUID() function
+    const fieldId = require('crypto').randomUUID();
+
     const fieldData: any = {
-      id: knex.raw('(UUID())'),
+      id: fieldId,
       objectDefinitionId: obj.id,
       apiName: data.apiName,
       label: data.label,
@@ -294,20 +301,41 @@ export class ObjectService {
       isUnique: data.isUnique ?? false,
       referenceObject: referenceObject,
       defaultValue: data.defaultValue,
+      length: data.length,
+      precision: data.precision,
+      scale: data.scale,
       created_at: knex.fn.now(),
       updated_at: knex.fn.now(),
     };
     
-    // Store relationDisplayField in UI metadata if provided
+    // Merge UI metadata
+    const uiMetadata: any = {};
     if (data.relationDisplayField) {
-      fieldData.ui_metadata = JSON.stringify({
+      uiMetadata.relationDisplayField = data.relationDisplayField;
-        relationDisplayField: data.relationDisplayField,
+    }
-      });
+    if (data.uiMetadata) {
+      Object.assign(uiMetadata, data.uiMetadata);
+    }
+    if (Object.keys(uiMetadata).length > 0) {
+      fieldData.ui_metadata = JSON.stringify(uiMetadata);
     }
     
-    const [id] = await knex('field_definitions').insert(fieldData);
+    await knex('field_definitions').insert(fieldData);
+    const createdField = await knex('field_definitions').where({ id: fieldId }).first();
 
-    return knex('field_definitions').where({ id }).first();
+    // Add the column to the physical table
+    const schemaManagementService = new SchemaManagementService();
+    try {
+      await schemaManagementService.addFieldToTable(knex, objectApiName, createdField);
+      this.logger.log(`Added column ${data.apiName} to table for object ${objectApiName}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      // If column creation fails, delete the field definition to maintain consistency
+      this.logger.error(`Failed to add column ${data.apiName}: ${error.message}`);
+      await knex('field_definitions').where({ id: fieldId }).delete();
+      throw new Error(`Failed to create field column: ${error.message}`);
+    }
+    
+    return createdField;
   }
 
   // Helper to get table name from object definition
@@ -874,26 +902,39 @@ export class ObjectService {
     }
 
     // Clean up page layouts - remove field references from layoutConfig
-    const pageLayouts = await knex('page_layouts')
+    try {
-      .where({ objectDefinitionId: objectDef.id });
+      const pageLayouts = await knex('page_layouts')
+        .where({ object_id: objectDef.id });
       
-    for (const layout of pageLayouts) {
+      for (const layout of pageLayouts) {
-      const layoutConfig = layout.layout_config ? JSON.parse(layout.layout_config) : { fields: [] };
+        // Handle JSON column that might already be parsed
+        let layoutConfig;
+        if (layout.layout_config) {
+          layoutConfig = typeof layout.layout_config === 'string' 
+            ? JSON.parse(layout.layout_config) 
+            : layout.layout_config;
+        } else {
+          layoutConfig = { fields: [] };
+        }
         
-      // Filter out any field references for this field
+        // Filter out any field references for this field
-      if (layoutConfig.fields) {
+        if (layoutConfig.fields) {
-        layoutConfig.fields = layoutConfig.fields.filter(
+          layoutConfig.fields = layoutConfig.fields.filter(
-          (f: any) => f.fieldId !== field.id,
+            (f: any) => f.fieldId !== field.id,
-        );
+          );
+        }
+        
+        // Update the page layout
+        await knex('page_layouts')
+          .where({ id: layout.id })
+          .update({
+            layout_config: JSON.stringify(layoutConfig),
+            updated_at: knex.fn.now(),
+          });
       }
-      
+    } catch (error) {
-      // Update the page layout
+      // If page layouts table doesn't exist or query fails, log but continue
-      await knex('page_layouts')
+      this.logger.warn(`Could not update page layouts for field deletion: ${error.message}`);
-        .where({ id: layout.id })
-        .update({
-          layout_config: JSON.stringify(layoutConfig),
-          updated_at: knex.fn.now(),
-        });
     }
 
     // Clean up dependsOn references in other fields
@@ -902,7 +943,15 @@ export class ObjectService {
       .whereNot({ id: field.id });
     
     for (const otherField of otherFields) {
-      const metadata = otherField.ui_metadata ? JSON.parse(otherField.ui_metadata) : {};
+      // Handle JSON column that might already be parsed
+      let metadata;
+      if (otherField.ui_metadata) {
+        metadata = typeof otherField.ui_metadata === 'string'
+          ? JSON.parse(otherField.ui_metadata)
+          : otherField.ui_metadata;
+      } else {
+        metadata = {};
+      }
       
       if (metadata.dependsOn && Array.isArray(metadata.dependsOn)) {
         metadata.dependsOn = metadata.dependsOn.filter(

backend/src/object/schema-management.service.ts

@@ -125,15 +125,30 @@ export class SchemaManagementService {
     let column: Knex.ColumnBuilder;
 
     switch (field.type) {
+      // Text types
       case 'String':
+      case 'TEXT':
+      case 'EMAIL':
+      case 'PHONE':
+      case 'URL':
         column = table.string(columnName, field.length || 255);
         break;
 
       case 'Text':
+      case 'LONG_TEXT':
         column = table.text(columnName);
         break;
 
+      case 'PICKLIST':
+      case 'MULTI_PICKLIST':
+        column = table.string(columnName, 255);
+        break;
+
+      // Numeric types
       case 'Number':
+      case 'NUMBER':
+      case 'CURRENCY':
+      case 'PERCENT':
         if (field.scale && field.scale > 0) {
           column = table.decimal(
             columnName,
@@ -146,18 +161,28 @@ export class SchemaManagementService {
         break;
 
       case 'Boolean':
+      case 'BOOLEAN':
         column = table.boolean(columnName).defaultTo(false);
         break;
 
+      // Date types
       case 'Date':
+      case 'DATE':
         column = table.date(columnName);
         break;
 
       case 'DateTime':
+      case 'DATE_TIME':
         column = table.datetime(columnName);
         break;
 
+      case 'TIME':
+        column = table.time(columnName);
+        break;
+
+      // Relationship types
       case 'Reference':
+      case 'LOOKUP':
         column = table.uuid(columnName);
         if (field.referenceObject) {
           const refTableName = this.getTableName(field.referenceObject);
@@ -165,19 +190,30 @@ export class SchemaManagementService {
         }
         break;
 
+      // Email (legacy)
       case 'Email':
         column = table.string(columnName, 255);
         break;
 
+      // Phone (legacy)
       case 'Phone':
         column = table.string(columnName, 50);
         break;
 
+      // Url (legacy)
       case 'Url':
         column = table.string(columnName, 255);
         break;
 
+      // File types
+      case 'FILE':
+      case 'IMAGE':
+        column = table.text(columnName); // Store file path or URL
+        break;
+
+      // JSON
       case 'Json':
+      case 'JSON':
         column = table.json(columnName);
         break;
 

frontend/pages/setup/objects/[apiName].vue

@@ -560,13 +560,29 @@ const saveField = async () => {
       defaultValue: fieldForm.value.defaultValue,
     }
 
+    // Extract type-specific database fields
+    const typeAttrs = fieldForm.value.typeAttributes || {}
+    
+    // For text fields
+    if (fieldForm.value.type === 'text' && typeAttrs.maxLength) {
+      payload.length = typeAttrs.maxLength
+    }
+
+    // For number and currency fields
+    if ((fieldForm.value.type === 'number' || fieldForm.value.type === 'currency') && typeAttrs.scale !== undefined) {
+      payload.scale = typeAttrs.scale
+      if (typeAttrs.scale > 0) {
+        payload.precision = 10 // Default precision for decimals
+      }
+    }
+
     // Merge UI metadata
     const uiMetadata: any = {
       placeholder: fieldForm.value.placeholder,
       helpText: fieldForm.value.helpText,
     }
 
-    // Add type-specific attributes
+    // Add type-specific attributes to UI metadata
     if (fieldForm.value.typeAttributes) {
       Object.assign(uiMetadata, fieldForm.value.typeAttributes)
     }