Allow to change data type for a table if there are no rows yet
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Sometimes while creating a table, one might see that a data type works better than another for a given purpose. Currently, it's not possible to edit the data type. One has to manually delete the column and recreate it with the desired data type.
Describe the solution you'd like
Allow to change data type for a table if there are no rows yet
Describe alternatives you've considered
No response
Additional context
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Research direction
Start by tracing how table columns are edited and where data types are validated or persisted. Confirm how the application detects that a table has no rows, then define the change as allowing an existing column's type to be changed only in that state; verify that populated tables retain the current restriction.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- database
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100