Document usage of Table Wizard, and API for other modules. Structure tw_import_delimited as an example of the source hook.

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Version: » 6.x-1.x-dev
Status: Active » Needs review

Documentation has been added to README.txt - feedback welcome.

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ikati commented

Are there any examples of what this does? Is there a site that uses this that produces a table people can see?

also.. how do you set the primary key? I can't figure out the acronyms at the top of the fields. I see PF.. but I can't figure out how to change it.

I'm trying to create a table that is viewable and can be edited by users. Can I do this with table wizard? I was able to import the data, I see the fields.. but how do I view a table?

Ack.. I think I'm lost...

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Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.0-beta2

Not sure if this is a bug.. but I cannot change:

PK	
Current type	
String length	
Range

I read help, and it keeps telling me I need to specify a primary key.. but how do I do that if I can't edit PK?

kati

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The purpose of Table Wizard is to make table data, and information about the data (the analysis page), available to the Views module and to administrators. Table Wizard does not support changing table definitions - that is not within the scope of the module. To change field types, set a primary key, etc. you need to use a database administration tool (MySQL Administrator, phpMyAdmin, etc.). Once your table has a primary key, there will be a default view of the table visible when clicking on the table name, and you can also create your own views using the table as a base.

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Ahhh, I see some of your confusion, the help text on the analysis page had some obsolete information from when this was part of the migrate module, I've done some updating. At one point you could set the PK from the analysis page, but I decided that table manipulation was best done by tools designed for administering databases...

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ikati commented

Thanks, Mike.

I guess this isn't what I thought.. I guess I will try YUI DataTable (http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/datatable/)

Thanks anyway for explaining.

ikati

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Version: 6.x-1.0-beta2 » 6.x-1.x-dev
Status: Needs review » Fixed

Documentation moved from README.txt to drupal.org.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

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