pandemonium_engine/modules/database/doc_classes/TableBuilder.xml

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<class name="TableBuilder" inherits="Reference" version="3.11">
	<brief_description>
		A class that helps you with building and running database backend specific sql for creating / altering / deleting tables.
	</brief_description>
	<description>
		A class that helps you with building and running database backend specific sql for creating / altering / deleting tables.
		It contains helper methods that lets you run the finished query directly See [method run] and [method run_query].
		You should not allocate this directly, instead get it from you active database connection, like:
		[codeblock]
		var conn : DatabaseConnection = DatabaseManager.ddb.get_connection()
		var tb : TableBuilder = conn.get_table_builder()
		[/codeblock]
	</description>
	<tutorials>
	</tutorials>
	<methods>
		<method name="auto_increment">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<description>
				Adds an [code]AUTO_INCREMENT[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "AUTO_INCREMENT "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="ccreate_table">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<description>
				Closes a [code]CREATE TABLE[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += ");"
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="cdrop_table">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<description>
				Closes a [code]DROP TABLE[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += ";"
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="create_table">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="value" type="String" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]CREATE TABLE[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "CREATE TABLE " + name + " ( "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="date">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]DATE[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " DATE "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="defval">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="val" type="String" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]DEFAULT[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "DEFAULT '" + val + "'"
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="drop_table">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]DROP TABLE[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "DROP TABLE "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="drop_table_if_exists">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]DROP TABLE IF EXISTS[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "DROP TABLE IF EXISTS "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="foreign_key">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]FOREIGN KEY[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "FOREIGN KEY (" + name + ") "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="integer">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="length" type="int" default="-1" />
			<description>
				Adds an [code]INTEGER[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " INTEGER ";

				if (length != -1):
				    result += "(" + str(length) + ") "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="next_row">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<description>
				Go the the next row (field) in the current sql statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += ", "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="not_null">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]NOT NULL[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "NOT NULL "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="null">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]NULL[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "NULL "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="primary_key">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" default="&quot;&quot;" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]PRIMARY KEY[/code] statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += "PRIMARY KEY (" + name + ") "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="real_double">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="size" type="int" default="-1" />
			<argument index="2" name="d" type="int" default="-1" />
			<description>
				Adds an [code]DOUBLE[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " DOUBLE "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="real_float">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="size" type="int" default="-1" />
			<argument index="2" name="d" type="int" default="-1" />
			<description>
				Adds an [code]FLOAT[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " FLOAT "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="references">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="table" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="name" type="String" />
			<description>
				result += "REFERENCES " + table + " (" + name + ") ";
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="run">
			<return type="QueryResult" />
			<description>
				Run the query currently stored in the result property.
				Use this if your query returns values from the database (an you want to read them).
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="run_query">
			<return type="void" />
			<description>
				Run the query currently stored in the result property.
				Use this if your query doesn't return values from the database (or you don't want to read them if it does).
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="small_integer">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="length" type="int" default="-1" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]SMALL INTEGER[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " INTEGER("

				if (length == -1):
				    result += "6"
				else:
				    result += itos(length)

				result += ") "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="text">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]TEXT[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " TEXT "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="tiny_integer">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="length" type="int" default="-1" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]TINY INTEGER[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " INTEGER("

				if (length == -1):
				    result += "4"
				else:
				    result += itos(length)

				result += ") "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
		<method name="varchar">
			<return type="TableBuilder" />
			<argument index="0" name="name" type="String" />
			<argument index="1" name="length" type="int" default="-1" />
			<description>
				Adds a [code]VARCHAR[/code] field statement.
				Equivalent to:
				[codeblock]
				result += name + " VARCHAR ";

				if (length != -1):
				    result += "(" + str(length) + ") "
				[/codeblock]
			</description>
		</method>
	</methods>
	<members>
		<member name="result" type="String" setter="set_result" getter="get_result" default="&quot;&quot;">
			The current (resulting) sql statement.
		</member>
	</members>
	<constants>
	</constants>
</class>