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<h2>Database structures</h2>
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<li class="spaced">Every table must have an auto-incrementing <strong>id</strong> field (INT(10)) as primary index.</li>
<li class="spaced">The main table containing instances of each module must have the same name as the module (eg <strong>widget</strong>)</li>
<li class="spaced">Other tables associated with a module that contain information about 'things' should be named <strong>widget_things</strong> (note the plural)</li>
<li class="spaced">Every table must have an auto-incrementing <strong>id</strong> field (INT10) as primary index.</li>
<li class="spaced">The main table containing instances of each module must have the same name as the module (eg <strong>widget</strong>).</li>
<li class="spaced">Other tables associated with a module that contain information about 'things' should be named <strong>widget_things</strong> (note the plural).</li>
<li class="spaced">Column names should be simple and short, following the same rules as for variable names.</li>
<li class="spaced">Columns that contain a reference to the id field of another table (eg <strong>widget</strong>) should be called <strong>widgetid</strong>.</li>
<li class="spaced">Boolean fields should be implemented as small integer fields (eg INT(4)) containing 0 or 1, to allow for later expansion of values if necessary.</li>
<li class="spaced">Most tables should have a <strong>timemodified</strong> field (INT(10) which is updated with a current timestamp obtained with the PHP <strong>time</strong>() function.</li>
<li class="spaced">Boolean fields should be implemented as small integer fields (eg INT4) containing 0 or 1, to allow for later expansion of values if necessary.</li>
<li class="spaced">Most tables should have a <strong>timemodified</strong> field (INT10) which is updated with a current timestamp obtained with the PHP <strong>time</strong>() function.</li>
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