On Monday 20 September 2010, Moshe Weitzman wrote: > datetime was removed under some dubious circumstances. you can depend > on date api module to get it back or probably better is to switch to > int if you can. see http://drupal.org/node/866340
Oh dear what a mess. Thanks for the prompt reply, at least I know what to do, not too bad as the dates are just a record and should still sort. Upgrade routine from D6 will be a nasty hack though. Ugh. The info provided in schema.inc (line 40+) should be updated, us mere mortals (contrib maintainers) do rely on the comments in core for guidance of what can and cannot be done. > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Bob Hutchinson > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm having problems with a database field which is type 'datetime' in a > > Drupal 7 install, using alpha7. It installed OK a few months ago but now > > causes the module install to crash, it would appear that the datetime > > type is no longer supported or this is a bug in the PDO Database > > Abstraction Layer. I notice that core modules using timestamp fields are > > using type 'int', should I do the same? I am reluctant to do this as it > > will make upgrades from D6 just that much more difficult, > > > > I am testing this on Ubuntu 10.04, fully up to date. > > > > -- > > ----------------- > > Bob Hutchinson > > Midwales dot com > > ----------------- -- ----------------- Bob Hutchinson Midwales dot com -----------------
