[GH-ISSUE #4104] [FR] When changing column type, attempt to preserve current column information #1843

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opened 2026-03-23 21:17:39 +00:00 by mirror · 2 comments

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Originally created by @speed2exe on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/4104

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changing a column type will truncate all the column data associated with it.
propose that app should attempt to change to a column type.

Impact

This will help user in exporting and importing csv from database table. due to limited information that can be stored in csv(column type information is lost), appflowy can also consider using other export format(eg. json
ss2
ss1
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Originally created by @speed2exe on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/4104 ### Description changing a column type will truncate all the column data associated with it. propose that app should attempt to change to a column type. ### Impact This will help user in exporting and importing csv from database table. due to limited information that can be stored in csv(column type information is lost), appflowy can also consider using other export format(eg. json <img width="727" alt="ss2" src="https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/33050391/a0231068-9c38-4633-9b97-988c316edc8f"> <img width="744" alt="ss1" src="https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/assets/33050391/c37e1be0-8f08-43dd-b044-3eebfc53deb9"> ). ### Additional Context _No response_

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@speed2exe commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023):

the above image shows importing a doc after exporting

@speed2exe commented on GitHub (Dec 6, 2023): the above image shows importing a doc after exporting

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@appflowy commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2023):

The CSV file currently consists only of plain text. However, we have the capability to add more detailed information to the CSV file during the export process. To accommodate this, we could introduce a new export format, which we could name 'afcvs'.

@appflowy commented on GitHub (Dec 20, 2023): The CSV file currently consists only of plain text. However, we have the capability to add more detailed information to the CSV file during the export process. To accommodate this, we could introduce a new export format, which we could name 'afcvs'.

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[PR #1843] [MERGED] Update ru-RU.json #4972