[TYPO3] detailed explanation of TYPO3 DB fields in each table

Tapio Markula tapio.markula at xetpoint.fi
Mon Feb 11 08:29:18 CET 2008


JoH asenau
>> Whats the best document to read for this?
>>
>> Inside TYPO3?
>> T3 Core api?
>> Other maybe?
>>
>> I would like to learn more about the structure and meaning of each
>> field. Example - Pages in the backend:
>> dokType = 2 - Advanced
>> dokType = 1 - normal
>> dokType = 4 - Shortcut
>>
>> These kind of things.
> 
> No document but a useful tool that you can find in your TYPO3 backend:
> Tools -> configuration -> TCA
> 
> Each table has got its own TCA setup, where everything is defined.

that is not descriptive because language labels are just rendered from 
TCA definitions and they are not replaced with texts.
Good for seeing what fields but bad for trying to understand meaning of 
each field.
There are some pages, which explain 'dokType' - try Google 'typo3 dokType'


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