Merge pull request #7092 from nocodb/nc-fix/title-len

fix: deprecate title length validator and use title on import editor

packages/nc-gui/components/template/Editor.vue

@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ const validators = computed(() =>
     hasSelectColumn.value[tableIdx] = false
 
     table.columns?.forEach((column, columnIdx) => {
-      acc[`tables.${tableIdx}.columns.${columnIdx}.column_name`] = [
+      acc[`tables.${tableIdx}.columns.${columnIdx}.title`] = [
         fieldRequiredValidator(),
-        fieldLengthValidator(base.value?.sources?.[0].type || ClientType.MYSQL),
+        fieldLengthValidator(),
       ]
       acc[`tables.${tableIdx}.columns.${columnIdx}.uidt`] = [fieldRequiredValidator()]
       if (isSelect(column)) {
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ function deleteTableColumn(tableIdx: number, columnKey: number) {
 function addNewColumnRow(tableIdx: number, uidt: string) {
   data.tables[tableIdx].columns.push({
     key: data.tables[tableIdx].columns.length,
+    title: `title${data.tables[tableIdx].columns.length + 1}`,
     column_name: `title${data.tables[tableIdx].columns.length + 1}`,
     uidt,
   })
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ function remapColNames(batchData: any[], columns: ColumnType[]) {
       // then only col.column_name exists in data, else col.ref_column_name
       // for csv, col.column_name always exists in data
       // since it streams the data in getData() with the updated col.column_name
-      const key = col.column_name in data ? col.column_name : col.ref_column_name
+      const key = col.title in data ? col.title : col.ref_column_name
       let d = data[key]
       if (col.uidt === UITypes.Date && d) {
         let dateFormat
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ function remapColNames(batchData: any[], columns: ColumnType[]) {
       }
       return {
         ...aggObj,
-        [col.column_name]: d,
+        [col.title]: d,
       }
     }, {}),
   )
@@ -901,7 +902,7 @@ watch(modelRef, async () => {
               <template #bodyCell="{ column, record }">
                 <template v-if="column.key === 'column_name'">
                   <a-form-item v-bind="validateInfos[`tables.${tableIdx}.columns.${record.key}.${column.key}`]">
-                    <a-input :ref="(el: HTMLInputElement) => (inputRefs[record.key] = el)" v-model:value="record.column_name" />
+                    <a-input :ref="(el: HTMLInputElement) => (inputRefs[record.key] = el)" v-model:value="record.title" />
                   </a-form-item>
                 </template>
 

packages/nc-gui/composables/useColumnCreateStore.ts

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ const [useProvideColumnCreateStore, useColumnCreateStore] = createInjectionState
               })
             },
           },
-          fieldLengthValidator(source.value?.type || ClientType.MYSQL),
+          fieldLengthValidator(),
         ],
         uidt: [
           {

packages/nc-gui/helpers/parsers/CSVTemplateAdapter.ts

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export default class CSVTemplateAdapter {
     this.tables[tableIdx] = []
 
     for (const [columnIdx, columnName] of columnNames.entries()) {
+      let title = ((columnNameRowExist && columnName.toString().trim()) || `Field ${columnIdx + 1}`).trim()
       let cn: string = ((columnNameRowExist && columnName.toString().trim()) || `field_${columnIdx + 1}`)
         .replace(/[` ~!@#$%^&*()_|+\-=?;:'",.<>\{\}\[\]\\\/]/g, '_')
         .trim()
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ export default class CSVTemplateAdapter {
       this.distinctValues[columnIdx] = new Set<string>()
       this.columnValues[columnIdx] = []
       tableObj.columns.push({
+        title,
         column_name: cn,
         ref_column_name: cn,
         meta: {},

packages/nc-gui/helpers/parsers/ExcelTemplateAdapter.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ export default class ExcelTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
             )
 
             for (let col = 0; col < rows[0].length; col++) {
+              const title = (
+                (this.config.firstRowAsHeaders && rows[0] && rows[0][col] && rows[0][col].toString().trim()) ||
+                `Field ${col + 1}`
+              ).trim()
               let cn: string = (
                 (this.config.firstRowAsHeaders && rows[0] && rows[0][col] && rows[0][col].toString().trim()) ||
                 `field_${col + 1}`
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ export default class ExcelTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
               columnNamePrefixRef[cn] = 0
 
               const column: Record<string, any> = {
+                title,
                 column_name: cn,
                 ref_column_name: cn,
                 meta: {},

packages/nc-gui/helpers/parsers/JSONTemplateAdapter.ts

@@ -90,8 +90,10 @@ export default class JSONTemplateAdapter extends TemplateGenerator {
         columns.push(...normalizedNestedColumns)
       }
     } else {
+      const title = path.join(' ').trim()
       const cn = path.join('_').replace(/\W/g, '_').trim()
       const column: Record<string, any> = {
+        title,
         column_name: cn,
         ref_column_name: cn,
         uidt: UITypes.SingleLineText,

packages/nc-gui/utils/validation.ts

@@ -102,21 +102,17 @@ export const fieldRequiredValidator = () => {
   }
 }
 
-export const fieldLengthValidator = (sqlClientType: string) => {
+export const fieldLengthValidator = () => {
   return {
     validator: (rule: any, value: any) => {
       const { t } = getI18n().global
 
-      // no limit for sqlite but set as 255
+      /// mysql allows 64 characters for column_name
-      let fieldLengthLimit = 255
+      // postgres allows 59 characters for column_name
-
+      // mssql allows 128 characters for column_name
-      if (sqlClientType === 'mysql2' || sqlClientType === 'mysql') {
+      // sqlite allows any number of characters for column_name
-        fieldLengthLimit = 64
+      // We allow 255 for all databases, truncate will be handled by backend for column_name
-      } else if (sqlClientType === 'pg') {
+      const fieldLengthLimit = 255
-        fieldLengthLimit = 59
-      } else if (sqlClientType === 'mssql') {
-        fieldLengthLimit = 128
-      }
 
       return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         if (value?.length > fieldLengthLimit) {

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

@@ -459,7 +459,12 @@ export class TablesService {
 
     for (const column of param.table.columns) {
       if (!isVirtualCol(column)) {
-        column.column_name = sanitizeColumnName(column.column_name);
+        const mxColumnLength = Column.getMaxColumnNameLength(sqlClientType);
+
+        // - 5 is a buffer for suffix
+        column.column_name = sanitizeColumnName(
+          column.column_name.slice(0, mxColumnLength - 5),
+        );
 
         if (uniqueColumnNameCount[column.column_name]) {
           let suffix = 1;

tests/playwright/tests/db/features/import.spec.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ test.describe('Import', () => {
 
     await dashboard.treeView.openTable({ title: 'Sheet2' });
 
-    const recordCells = { Number: '1', Float: '1.1', Text: 'abc' };
+    const recordCells = { number: '1', float: '1.1', text: 'abc' };
 
     for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(recordCells)) {
       await dashboard.grid.cell.verify({