From 750756fdefb0e6460d8a83633f3e9b6d4d9dd798 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pranav C <pranavxc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 13:19:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat: when deleting `CreateTime` or `LastModifiedTime`, keep
 the column and just delete the meta entry

---
 packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
index 22e3b71c38..cf6af2e3f8 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
+++ b/packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts
@@ -1701,8 +1701,8 @@ export class ColumnsService {
                 (c.uidt === UITypes.CreateTime ? 'created_at' : 'updated_at'),
             );
 
-            if(!dbColumn){
-               // create column in db
+            if (!dbColumn) {
+              // create column in db
             }
 
             await Column.insert({
@@ -2148,6 +2148,13 @@ export class ColumnsService {
         }
         /* falls through to default */
       }
+
+      // on delete create time or last modified time, keep the column in table and delete the column from meta
+      case UITypes.CreateTime:
+      case UITypes.LastModifiedTime: {
+        await Column.delete(param.columnId, ncMeta);
+      }
+      break;
       default: {
         const tableUpdateBody = {
           ...table,