[GH-ISSUE #5006] [FR] convert column type without losing its data #2229

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Originally created by @annieappflowy on GitHub (Mar 29, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/5006

Originally assigned to: @appflowy on GitHub.

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import a csv file
convert one imported column into another property type
try to retain the data as much as possible

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Database users

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Originally created by @annieappflowy on GitHub (Mar 29, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/AppFlowy-IO/AppFlowy/issues/5006 Originally assigned to: @appflowy on GitHub. ### Description import a csv file convert one imported column into another property type try to retain the data as much as possible ### Impact Database users ### Additional Context _No response_

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@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2024):

I have the same "problem" here. I have imported a table of over 1100 rows, now I'd need to make some updates to multiple cells, and change column types. Right now, when I want to change a column to a different type (my example: text -> select and text -> multiselect), the column contents dissapear. Of course, I can make a second column and slowly move the data from one column to the other, but you can see that doing this for 1100 items twice is quite a lot of manual labor 😅 And that's just an example.

@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Apr 10, 2024): I have the same "problem" here. I have imported a table of over 1100 rows, now I'd need to make some updates to multiple cells, and change column types. Right now, when I want to change a column to a different type (my example: text -> select and text -> multiselect), the column contents dissapear. Of course, I can make a second column and slowly move the data from one column to the other, but you can see that doing this for 1100 items twice is quite a lot of manual labor 😅 And that's just an example.

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@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2024):

Supported in v0.6.8

@annieappflowy commented on GitHub (Aug 26, 2024): Supported in v0.6.8

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[PR #2229] [MERGED] test: add tauri format test #5158