fix: fetch column meta props from db on table create/update

closes #1049

Signed-off-by: Pranav C <pranavxc@gmail.com>

packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/common/BaseApiBuilder.ts

@@ -726,6 +726,9 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     this.baseLog(`onTableUpdate : Getting old model meta for '%s'`, tn);
     XcCache.del([this.projectId, this.dbAlias, 'table', tn].join('::'));
 
+    // get columns list from db
+    const columnsFromDb = await this.getColumnList(tn);
+
     const relationTableMetas: Set<any> = new Set();
 
     const oldModelRow = await this.xcMeta.metaGet(
@@ -752,8 +755,11 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     const columns =
       changeObj.columns
         .filter(c => c.altered !== 4)
-        .map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => rest) ||
+        .map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => ({
-      (await this.getColumnList(tn));
+          ...rest,
+          // find and overwrite column property from db
+          ...(columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn) || {})
+        })) || (await this.getColumnList(tn));
 
     /* Get all relations */
     const relations = await this.relationsSyncAndGet();

packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/gql/GqlApiBuilder.ts

@@ -190,9 +190,18 @@ export class GqlApiBuilder extends BaseApiBuilder<Noco> implements XcMetaMgr {
 
     await super.onTableCreate(tn, args);
 
-    const columns = {
+    // get columns list from db
-      [tn]: args?.columns?.map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => rest)
+    const columnsFromDb = await this.getColumnList(tn);
-    };
+
+    const columns = args.columns
+      ? {
+          [tn]: args.columns?.map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => ({
+            ...rest,
+            // find and overwrite column property from db
+            ...columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn)
+          }))
+        }
+      : {};
 
     await this.xcTablesPopulate({
       tableNames: [{ tn, _tn: args._tn }],

packages/nocodb/src/lib/noco/rest/RestApiBuilder.ts

@@ -876,9 +876,16 @@ export class RestApiBuilder extends BaseApiBuilder<Noco> {
   ): Promise<void> {
     await super.onTableCreate(tn, args);
 
+    // get columns list from db
+    const columnsFromDb = await this.getColumnList(tn);
+
     const columns = args.columns
       ? {
-          [tn]: args.columns?.map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => rest)
+          [tn]: args.columns?.map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => ({
+            ...rest,
+            // find and overwrite column property from db
+            ...(columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn) || {})
+          }))
         }
       : {};