fix: keep dtxp property on table create/update

re #1132

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

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

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import ncModelsOrderUpgrader from './jobs/ncModelsOrderUpgrader';
 import ncParentModelTitleUpgrader from './jobs/ncParentModelTitleUpgrader';
 import ncRemoveDuplicatedRelationRows from './jobs/ncRemoveDuplicatedRelationRows';
 import xcMetaDiffSync from './handlers/xcMetaDiffSync';
+import UITypes from '../../sqlUi/UITypes';
 
 const log = debug('nc:api:base');
 
@@ -755,11 +756,12 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     const columns =
       changeObj.columns
         .filter(c => c.altered !== 4)
-        .map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) => ({
-          ...rest,
-          // find and overwrite column property from db
-          ...(columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn) || {})
-        })) || (await this.getColumnList(tn));
+        .map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) =>
+          this.mergeUiColAndDbColMetas(
+            rest,
+            columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn)
+          )
+        ) || (await this.getColumnList(tn));
 
     /* Get all relations */
     const relations = await this.relationsSyncAndGet();
@@ -1201,6 +1203,22 @@ export default abstract class BaseApiBuilder<T extends Noco>
     await NcHelp.executeOperations(aclOper, this.connectionConfig.client);
   }
 
+  protected mergeUiColAndDbColMetas(uiCol, dbCol) {
+    return {
+      ...(uiCol || {}),
+      ...(dbCol || {}),
+      // persist x props for single/multi select
+      ...(uiCol?.uidt === UITypes.SingleSelect ||
+      uiCol?.uidt === UITypes.MultiSelect
+        ? {
+            dtx: uiCol.dtx,
+            dtxp: uiCol.dtxp,
+            dtxs: uiCol.dtxs
+          }
+        : {})
+    };
+  }
+
   public async onViewUpdate(
     viewName: string,
     beforeMetaUpdate?: (args: any) => Promise<void>

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

@@ -195,11 +195,12 @@ export class GqlApiBuilder extends BaseApiBuilder<Noco> implements XcMetaMgr {
 
     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)
-          }))
+          [tn]: args.columns?.map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) =>
+            this.mergeUiColAndDbColMetas(
+              rest,
+              columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn)
+            )
+          )
         }
       : {};
 

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

@@ -881,11 +881,12 @@ export class RestApiBuilder extends BaseApiBuilder<Noco> {
 
     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) || {})
-          }))
+          [tn]: args.columns?.map(({ altered: _al, ...rest }) =>
+            this.mergeUiColAndDbColMetas(
+              rest,
+              columnsFromDb?.find(c => c.cn === rest.cn)
+            )
+          )
         }
       : {};