fix: default system column creation and test corrections

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

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import DOMPurify from 'isomorphic-dompurify';
 import {
   AppEvents,
+  isCreatedTimeOrUpdatedTimeCol,
   isLinksOrLTAR,
   isVirtualCol,
   ModelTypes,
@@ -382,9 +383,8 @@ export class TablesService {
     // add CreatedBy and LastModifiedBy system columns if missing in request payload
     {
       for (const uidt of [UITypes.CreatedTime, UITypes.LastModifiedTime]) {
-        if (
-          !tableCreatePayLoad.columns.find((c) => c.uidt === uidt && c.system)
-        ) {
+        const col = tableCreatePayLoad.columns.find((c) => c.uidt === uidt);
+        if (!col || !col.system) {
           tableCreatePayLoad.columns.push({
             ...(await getColumnPropsFromUIDT({ uidt } as any, source)),
             system: true,
@@ -472,7 +472,10 @@ export class TablesService {
     const uniqueColumnNameCount = {};
 
     for (const column of param.table.columns) {
-      if (!isVirtualCol(column)) {
+      if (
+        !isVirtualCol(column) ||
+        (isCreatedTimeOrUpdatedTimeCol(column) && (column as any).system)
+      ) {
         const mxColumnLength = Column.getMaxColumnNameLength(sqlClientType);
 
         // - 5 is a buffer for suffix
@@ -503,11 +506,16 @@ export class TablesService {
     }
 
     tableCreatePayLoad.columns = await Promise.all(
-      param.table.columns?.map(async (c) => ({
-        ...(await getColumnPropsFromUIDT(c as any, source)),
-        cn: c.column_name,
-        column_name: c.column_name,
-      })),
+      param.table.columns
+        // exclude alias columns from column list
+        ?.filter((c) => {
+          return !isCreatedTimeOrUpdatedTimeCol(c) || (c as any).system;
+        })
+        .map(async (c) => ({
+          ...(await getColumnPropsFromUIDT(c as any, source)),
+          cn: c.column_name,
+          column_name: c.column_name,
+        })),
     );
     await sqlMgr.sqlOpPlus(source, 'tableCreate', {
       ...tableCreatePayLoad,

packages/nocodb/tests/unit/factory/column.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const defaultColumns = function (context) {
       title: 'CreatedAt',
       dtxp: '',
       dtxs: '',
-      uidt: 'DateTime',
+      uidt: 'CreatedTime',
+      system:true,
       dt: isPg(context) ? 'timestamp without time zone' : undefined,
     },
     {
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ const defaultColumns = function (context) {
       title: 'UpdatedAt',
       dtxp: '',
       dtxs: '',
-      uidt: 'DateTime',
+      uidt: 'LastModifiedTime',
+      system:true,
       dt: isPg(context) ? 'timestamp without time zone' : undefined,
     },
   ];

packages/nocodb/tests/unit/model/tests/baseModelSql.test.ts

@@ -54,27 +54,15 @@ function baseModelSqlTests() {
     );
     const insertedRow = (await baseModelSql.list())[0];
 
-    if (isPg(context)) {
-      inputData.CreatedAt = new Date(inputData.CreatedAt).toISOString();
-      inputData.UpdatedAt = new Date(inputData.UpdatedAt).toISOString();
-
-      insertedRow.CreatedAt = new Date(insertedRow.CreatedAt).toISOString();
-      insertedRow.UpdatedAt = new Date(insertedRow.UpdatedAt).toISOString();
-
-      response.CreatedAt = new Date(response.CreatedAt).toISOString();
-      response.UpdatedAt = new Date(response.UpdatedAt).toISOString();
-    } else if (isSqlite(context)) {
-      // append +00:00 to the date string
-      inputData.CreatedAt = `${inputData.CreatedAt}+00:00`;
-      inputData.UpdatedAt = `${inputData.UpdatedAt}+00:00`;
-    }
+    inputData.CreatedAt = response.CreatedAt;
+    inputData.UpdatedAt = response.UpdatedAt;
 
     expect(insertedRow).to.include(inputData);
     expect(insertedRow).to.include(response);
 
-    const rowInsertedAudit = (
-      await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})
-    ).find((audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'INSERT');
+    const rowInsertedAudit = (await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})).find(
+      (audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'INSERT',
+    );
     expect(rowInsertedAudit).to.include({
       user: 'test@example.com',
       ip: '::ffff:192.0.0.1',
@@ -120,9 +108,9 @@ function baseModelSqlTests() {
       expect(insertedRows[index]).to.include(inputData);
     });
 
-    const rowBulkInsertedAudit = (
-      await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})
-    ).find((audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_INSERT');
+    const rowBulkInsertedAudit = (await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})).find(
+      (audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_INSERT',
+    );
     expect(rowBulkInsertedAudit).to.include({
       user: 'test@example.com',
       ip: '::ffff:192.0.0.1',
@@ -197,9 +185,9 @@ function baseModelSqlTests() {
     updatedRows.forEach((row, index) => {
       expect(row['Title']).to.equal(`new-test-${index}`);
     });
-    const rowBulkUpdateAudit = (
-      await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})
-    ).find((audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_UPDATE');
+    const rowBulkUpdateAudit = (await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})).find(
+      (audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_UPDATE',
+    );
     expect(rowBulkUpdateAudit).to.include({
       user: 'test@example.com',
       ip: '::ffff:192.0.0.1',
@@ -248,9 +236,9 @@ function baseModelSqlTests() {
     updatedRows.forEach((row) => {
       if (row.id < 5) expect(row['Title']).to.equal('new-1');
     });
-    const rowBulkUpdateAudit = (
-      await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})
-    ).find((audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_UPDATE');
+    const rowBulkUpdateAudit = (await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})).find(
+      (audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_UPDATE',
+    );
     expect(rowBulkUpdateAudit).to.include({
       user: 'test@example.com',
       ip: '::ffff:192.0.0.1',
@@ -327,9 +315,9 @@ function baseModelSqlTests() {
 
     expect(remainingRows).to.length(6);
 
-    const rowBulkDeleteAudit = (
-      await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})
-    ).find((audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_DELETE');
+    const rowBulkDeleteAudit = (await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})).find(
+      (audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_DELETE',
+    );
 
     expect(rowBulkDeleteAudit).to.include({
       user: 'test@example.com',
@@ -376,9 +364,9 @@ function baseModelSqlTests() {
     const remainingRows = await baseModelSql.list();
 
     expect(remainingRows).to.length(6);
-    const rowBulkDeleteAudit = (
-      await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})
-    ).find((audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_DELETE');
+    const rowBulkDeleteAudit = (await Audit.baseAuditList(base.id, {})).find(
+      (audit) => audit.op_sub_type === 'BULK_DELETE',
+    );
     expect(rowBulkDeleteAudit).to.include({
       user: 'test@example.com',
       ip: '::ffff:192.0.0.1',