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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>That doesn’t work because the schema is updated by the
time the update runs. The only thing I can think of now is to rename the old
column and use “db_column_exists.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Next question: Is there are Drupal or
database-independent date formatting function that produces a DATETIME value. I
know I can use date() with something appropriate, but I don’t know how
efficient that is.<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Would there be any interest in my submitting a patch for
“format_date($time, ‘datetime’)?”<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><!--[if supportFields]><span class=EmailStyle18><font
color=navy><span style='mso-element:field-begin'></span><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>AUTOTEXTLIST \s "E-mail
Signature" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></font></span><![endif]--><font
color=fuchsia face="Comic Sans MS"><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:fuchsia'>Nancy E. Wichmann, PMP<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Injustice
anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. - Martin L. King, Jr.</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if supportFields]><span class=EmailStyle18><font
color=navy><span style='mso-element:field-end'></span></font></span><![endif]--><span
class=EmailStyle18><font color=navy><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org]<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Nancy Wichmann<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:46
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> development@drupal.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [development] DB
Column Format</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span class=EmailStyle16><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Okay, I found:<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoMacroText style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>$schema = drupal_get_schema('mytable');<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoMacroText style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>if ($schema['fields']['last_checked']['type'] != 'datetime')
{<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoMacroText style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoMacroText style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=green
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;color:black'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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