Is it possible to update CDT structure dynamically?

RE: Is it possible to update CDT structure dynamically?

Abhay Dalsaniya — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 21:34:39 GMT

It seems changing CDT structure can have larger impact in the application and hence it is not allowed to do programmatically.

RE: Is it possible to update CDT structure dynamically?

Danny Verb — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:42:15 GMT

My only suggestion would be using JSON structures instead of traditional SQL tables. This allows you to still query data from mySql but one of your columns would be TEXT storing the JSON structure of your dynamic forms

RE: Is it possible to update CDT structure dynamically?

Abhay Dalsaniya — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:38:59 GMT

Thanks for quick response.

We need to implement dynamic forms for user inputs and csv injection. To achieve the same we have implemented following table design.

We also need to display form values from Table_formValues in a grid, which is very challenging because we do not have traditional table structure.

Can you please share your inputs for displaying form values in a grid.

As the alternative solution we were thinking to have flat table for form values and alter table structure dynamically when fields are added or removed. However as you suggested it is not possible to alter CDTs so this solution will not work.

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RE: Is it possible to update CDT structure dynamically?

Danny Verb — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:26:44 GMT

No, that is not possible. CDT structures have large impacts and changing the structure without reviewing where fields are called in your application can have consequences. What is your use case for having to add/remove columns and why do you have CDTs for those tables?