feat: add links option with LTAR and in edit

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

packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/column/EditOrAdd.vue

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const advancedDbOptions = ref(false)
 
 const columnToValidate = [UITypes.Email, UITypes.URL, UITypes.PhoneNumber]
 
-const onlyNameUpdateOnEditColumns = [UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord, UITypes.Lookup, UITypes.Rollup]
+const onlyNameUpdateOnEditColumns = [UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord, UITypes.Lookup, UITypes.Rollup, UITypes.Links]
 
 const geoDataToggleCondition = (t: { name: UITypes }) => {
   return betaFeatureToggleState.show ? betaFeatureToggleState.show : !t.name.includes(UITypes.GeoData)
@@ -209,7 +209,11 @@ useEventListener('keydown', (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
         <LazySmartsheetColumnDateTimeOptions v-if="formState.uidt === UITypes.DateTime" v-model:value="formState" />
         <LazySmartsheetColumnRollupOptions v-if="formState.uidt === UITypes.Rollup" v-model:value="formState" />
         <LazySmartsheetColumnLinkedToAnotherRecordOptions
-          v-if="!isEdit && (formState.uidt === UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord || formState.uidt === UITypes.Links)"
+          v-if="!isEdit && (formState.uidt === UITypes.LinkToAnotherRecord)"
+          v-model:value="formState"
+        />
+        <LazySmartsheetColumnLinkOptions
+          v-if="formState.uidt === UITypes.Links"
           v-model:value="formState"
         />
         <LazySmartsheetColumnSpecificDBTypeOptions v-if="formState.uidt === UITypes.SpecificDBType" />

packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/column/LinkOptions.vue

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { useGlobal, useVModel } from '#imports'
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+  value: any
+}>()
+
+const emit = defineEmits(['update:value'])
+
+const vModel = useVModel(props, 'value', emit)
+
+const validators = {}
+
+const { setAdditionalValidations, validateInfos } = useColumnCreateStoreOrThrow()
+
+const { appInfo } = useGlobal()
+
+const searchValue = ref<string>('')
+
+setAdditionalValidations({
+  ...validators,
+})
+
+// set default valueO
+vModel.value.meta = {
+  singular: '',
+  plural: '',
+  ...vModel.value.meta,
+}
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <a-row class="my-2" gutter="8">
+    <a-col :span="12">
+      <a-form-item v-bind="validateInfos['meta.singular']" label="Singular Label">
+        <a-input v-model:value="vModel.meta.singular" class="!w-full nc-link-singular" />
+      </a-form-item>
+    </a-col>
+
+    <a-col :span="12">
+      <a-form-item v-bind="validateInfos['meta.plural']" label="Plural Label">
+        <a-input v-model:value="vModel.meta.plural" class="!w-full nc-link-plural" />
+      </a-form-item>
+    </a-col>
+  </a-row>
+</template>

packages/nc-gui/components/smartsheet/column/LinkedToAnotherRecordOptions.vue

@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ const filterOption = (value: string, option: { key: string }) => option.key.toLo
           </a-select-option>
         </a-select>
       </a-form-item>
+
+
+      <LazySmartsheetColumnLinkOptions
+        v-model:value="vModel"
+      />
+
     </div>
     <template v-if="!isXcdbBase">
       <div

packages/nocodb/src/helpers/columnHelpers.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { customAlphabet } from 'nanoid';
 import { UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk';
-import { GridViewColumn, RollupColumn } from '../models'
+import { pluralize, singularize } from 'inflection';
+import { GridViewColumn } from '../models';
 import Column from '../models/Column';
 import { getUniqueColumnAliasName } from '../helpers/getUniqueName';
 import validateParams from '../helpers/validateParams';
+import type { RollupColumn } from '../models';
 import type {
   BoolType,
   ColumnReqType,
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export async function createHmAndBtColumn(
   fkColName?: string,
   virtual: BoolType = false,
   isSystemCol = false,
+  columnMeta = null
 ) {
   // save bt column
   {
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ export async function createHmAndBtColumn(
     if (!isSystemCol)
       await populateRollupForLTAR({
         column: col,
+        columnMeta
       });
   }
 }
@@ -213,9 +217,13 @@ export const generateFkName = (parent: TableType, child: TableType) => {
   return constraintName;
 };
 
-
+export async function populateRollupForLTAR({
-
+  column,
-export async function populateRollupForLTAR({ column }: { column: Column }) {
+  columnMeta
+}: {
+  column: Column;
+  columnMeta: any;
+}) {
   const model = await column.getModel();
 
   const views = await model.getViews();
@@ -227,6 +235,11 @@ export async function populateRollupForLTAR({ column }: { column: Column }) {
   const pkId =
     relatedModel.primaryKey?.id || (await relatedModel.getColumns())[0]?.id;
 
+  const meta = {
+    plural: columnMeta?.plural || pluralize(relatedModel.title),
+    singular: columnMeta?.singular || singularize(relatedModel.title),
+  };
+
   await Column.insert<RollupColumn>({
     uidt: UITypes.Links,
     title: getUniqueColumnAliasName(
@@ -237,6 +250,7 @@ export async function populateRollupForLTAR({ column }: { column: Column }) {
     fk_model_id: model.id,
     rollup_function: 'count',
     fk_relation_column_id: column.id,
+    meta,
   });
 
   const viewCol = await GridViewColumn.list(views[0].id).then((cols) =>

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

@@ -1647,6 +1647,7 @@ export class ColumnsService {
         (param.column as LinkToAnotherColumnReqType).title,
         foreignKeyName,
         (param.column as LinkToAnotherColumnReqType).virtual,
+        param.column['meta']
       );
     } else if ((param.column as LinkToAnotherColumnReqType).type === 'mm') {
       const aTn = `${param.project?.prefix ?? ''}_nc_m2m_${randomID()}`;
@@ -1808,9 +1809,11 @@ export class ColumnsService {
 
       await populateRollupForLTAR({
         column: col1,
+        columnMeta: param.column['meta']
       });
       await populateRollupForLTAR({
         column: col2,
+        columnMeta: param.column['meta']
       });
 
       // todo: create index for virtual relations as well