From 6105f747c0f285924dd93630296b1bee75463fe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranav C <pranavxc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 13:19:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: create column if missing in table(created/updated time)

---
 .../nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts    | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
index 59ec3b4f62..9453dd257b 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
@@ -1720,7 +1720,30 @@ export class ColumnsService {
             if (!dbColumn) {
               // create column in db
 
-              const column = sqlClient;
+              const tableUpdateBody = {
+                ...table,
+                tn: table.table_name,
+                originalColumns: table.columns.map((c) => ({
+                  ...c,
+                  cn: c.column_name,
+                })),
+                columns: [
+                  ...table.columns.map((c) => ({ ...c, cn: c.column_name })),
+                  {
+                    ...colBody,
+                    cn: UITypes.CreateTime ? 'created_at' : 'updated_at',
+                    altered: Altered.NEW_COLUMN,
+                  },
+                ],
+              };
+
+              const sqlClient = await reuseOrSave('sqlClient', reuse, async () =>
+                NcConnectionMgrv2.getSqlClient(source),
+              );
+              const sqlMgr = await reuseOrSave('sqlMgr', reuse, async () =>
+                ProjectMgrv2.getSqlMgr({ id: source.base_id }),
+              );
+              await sqlMgr.sqlOpPlus(source, 'tableUpdate', tableUpdateBody);
             }
 
             await Column.insert({