Problem in adding custom fields

[piccirm]

Hi

follwing the dev guide http://developers.sugarcrm.com/docs/OS/5.1/-docs-Developer_Guides-Developer_Guide_5.1-DevGuide.1.81.html I' ve added some custom fields to Tasks but if I do a Quick Repair nothing happens on the Database
Only the file /custom/modules/<MODULE_NAME>/Ext/Vardefs/vardefs.ext.php is regularly
updated
what should I have still to do ???

[letrium]

Hi, piccirm!

So, field did not created in database?

[piccirm]

exactly! no new filelds are detected during the repair process

[piccirm]

so?....
I'd avoid to modify vardefs.php

[andopes]

Hi piccirm

Make sure the SugarCRM folder is recursively writable by the user under which apache is running.
When adding some code into "custom/Extension/modules/<ModuleName>/Ext/Vardefs/*.php" and going to "Admin -> Repair -> Rebuild Extension" SugarCRM try to copy the changes in this file into "custom/modules/<ModuleName>/Ext/Vardefs/vardefs.ext.php", but if it is not writable nothing happens and SugarCRM does not warn write access issue.

Cheers

[piccirm]

tks for the reply
I can see the file "custom/modules/<ModuleName>/Ext/Vardefs/vardefs.ext.php" generated but it seems that no difference with the database are detected
Should I alter tasks table directly on the DB?

[andopes]

No!

Make sure the file cache/modules/<ModuleName>/<ClassName>vardefs.php contain the changes.

Cheers

[piccirm]

During the repair process, monitoring that directory I can see a taskvardefs.php for some seconds but at the end no file is present

[piccirm]

if I perform only rebuild extension I can see the file and contains all the fileds (included the new ones)
afterthen I perform a DB repair but I do not see any changes to the DB detected (the file is still present)
I can see in the file on one if the new fileds the following 'custom_module' => 'Tasks' (not present on other fields)
what is the meaning ?

[piccirm]

I had to truncate the table fileds_matadata because those add fileds was previously presnte in _cstm table
now fileds are synched with DB