[TYPO3-dev] Fields in the TCA that does not exist in the DB

[Mads Brunn]

Hi Steffen

Steffen Kamper wrote:

> I think atm that's not possible. But it could be done by giving a special 
> parameter like "passtrhough" to prevent the sql integration.
> Did you localized where it happens?

I think you're right...


It happens in t3lib_tcemain->recordInfo
(when it's called by t3lib_tcemain->checkValue)
It does a simple check to get the current value of the field.

So far I'm handling it by using a star ("*") as fieldname. This is ok as 
long as nobody else get's the same idea. But it would be better if the 
tcemain could process non-existant fields, especially for fields of type 
group or select that uses MM-relations. This way I could create a field 
dynamically like this:

$TCA[$tablename]['columns'][t3lib_div::shortMD5('tx_categories'.$tablename)] 
= array(
...
);

(to avoid conflicts with other extensions introducing "dynamic" fields)


Do you know who to call? :-)


./mads