[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31042: WPDB field_types Variable Too Broad?

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#31042: WPDB field_types Variable Too Broad?
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 Reporter:  njkrut       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Database     |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
  Focuses:               |
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 I was wondering if it might make sense to tie the field_types format
 definitions to tables and columns instead of just columns. As people use
 WordPress more there may be situations like the one I encountered today
 where columns of their enhancement tables overlap with those of WordPress'
 default tables. In my situation my user_id was more of a guid so it was a
 string that was being formatted to a decimal. While this might not be a
 common problem with the overhead it would take to change it to a
 multidimensional array it might make sense.

 If this is something others would find useful or practical I would be
 happy to rework the code.

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