feat: add the update functionality

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

packages/nocodb/src/models/Column.ts

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import Noco from '../Noco';
 import addFormulaErrorIfMissingColumn from '../helpers/addFormulaErrorIfMissingColumn';
 import { NcError } from '../helpers/catchError';
 import { extractProps } from '../helpers/extractProps';
+import { stringifyMetaProp } from '../utils/modelUtils';
 import FormulaColumn from './FormulaColumn';
 import LinkToAnotherRecordColumn from './LinkToAnotherRecordColumn';
 import LookupColumn from './LookupColumn';
@@ -1207,4 +1208,29 @@ export default class Column<T = any> implements ColumnType {
     }
     return fieldLengthLimit;
   }
+
+  static async updateMeta(
+    { colId, meta }: { colId: string; meta: any },
+    ncMeta = Noco.ncMeta,
+  ) {
+    // get existing cache
+    const key = `${CacheScope.COLUMN}:${colId}`;
+    const o = await NocoCache.get(key, CacheGetType.TYPE_OBJECT);
+    if (o) {
+      // update meta
+      o.meta = meta;
+      // set cache
+      await NocoCache.set(key, o);
+    }
+    // set meta
+    await ncMeta.metaUpdate(
+      null,
+      null,
+      MetaTable.COLUMNS,
+      {
+        meta: stringifyMetaProp(meta),
+      },
+      colId,
+    );
+  }
 }

packages/nocodb/src/services/columns.service.ts

@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ import Noco from '../Noco';
 import NcConnectionMgrv2 from '../utils/common/NcConnectionMgrv2';
 import { MetaTable } from '../utils/globals';
 import { MetaService } from '../meta/meta.service';
-import type {
+import type { LinkToAnotherRecordColumn, Project } from '../models';
-  LinkToAnotherRecordColumn,
-  Project,
-} from '../models';
 import type SqlMgrv2 from '../db/sql-mgr/v2/SqlMgrv2';
 import type {
   ColumnReqType,
@@ -124,6 +121,7 @@ export class ColumnsService {
         UITypes.QrCode,
         UITypes.Barcode,
         UITypes.ForeignKey,
+        UITypes.Links,
       ].includes(column.uidt)
     ) {
       if (column.uidt === colBody.uidt) {
@@ -161,11 +159,19 @@ export class ColumnsService {
             ...column,
             ...colBody,
           });
-        } else if (colBody.title !== column.title) {
+        } else {
+          if (colBody.title !== column.title) {
             await Column.updateAlias(param.columnId, {
               title: colBody.title,
             });
           }
+          if ('meta' in colBody && column.uidt === UITypes.Links) {
+            await Column.updateMeta({
+              colId: param.columnId,
+              meta: colBody.meta,
+            });
+          }
+        }
         await this.updateRollupOrLookup(colBody, column);
       } else {
         NcError.notImplemented(
@@ -1647,7 +1653,7 @@ export class ColumnsService {
         (param.column as LinkToAnotherColumnReqType).title,
         foreignKeyName,
         (param.column as LinkToAnotherColumnReqType).virtual,
-        param.column['meta']
+        param.column['meta'],
       );
     } else if ((param.column as LinkToAnotherColumnReqType).type === 'mm') {
       const aTn = `${param.project?.prefix ?? ''}_nc_m2m_${randomID()}`;
@@ -1809,11 +1815,11 @@ export class ColumnsService {
 
       await populateRollupForLTAR({
         column: col1,
-        columnMeta: param.column['meta']
+        columnMeta: param.column['meta'],
       });
       await populateRollupForLTAR({
         column: col2,
-        columnMeta: param.column['meta']
+        columnMeta: param.column['meta'],
       });
 
       // todo: create index for virtual relations as well