Fixing #4192 - allowing switching between JSON and multi-select types, as well as not switching multi-select to JSON when fetching SQL tables.

packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/modals/CreateEditColumn.svelte

@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
     RelationshipTypes,
     ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS,
     ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_OPTIONS,
+    ALLOWABLE_JSON_OPTIONS,
     ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES,
     ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_TYPES,
+    ALLOWABLE_JSON_TYPES,
     SWITCHABLE_TYPES,
   } from "constants/backend"
   import { getAutoColumnInformation, buildAutoColumn } from "builderStore/utils"
@@ -236,6 +238,11 @@
       ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_TYPES.indexOf(field.type) !== -1
     ) {
       return ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_OPTIONS
+    } else if (
+      originalName &&
+      ALLOWABLE_JSON_TYPES.indexOf(field.type) !== -1
+    ) {
+      return ALLOWABLE_JSON_OPTIONS
     } else if (!external) {
       return [
         ...Object.values(fieldDefinitions),

packages/builder/src/constants/backend/index.js

@@ -148,20 +148,23 @@ export const RelationshipTypes = {
 }
 
 export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS = [FIELDS.STRING, FIELDS.OPTIONS]
-
 export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS.map(
   opt => opt.type
 )
 
 export const ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_OPTIONS = [FIELDS.NUMBER, FIELDS.BOOLEAN]
-
 export const ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_OPTIONS.map(
   opt => opt.type
 )
 
-export const SWITCHABLE_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_TYPES.concat(
+export const ALLOWABLE_JSON_OPTIONS = [FIELDS.JSON, FIELDS.ARRAY]
-  ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES
+export const ALLOWABLE_JSON_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_JSON_OPTIONS.map(opt => opt.type)
-)
+
+export const SWITCHABLE_TYPES = [
+  ...ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES,
+  ...ALLOWABLE_NUMBER_TYPES,
+  ...ALLOWABLE_JSON_TYPES,
+]
 
 export const IntegrationTypes = {
   POSTGRES: "POSTGRES",

packages/server/src/api/controllers/table/utils.js

@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ const {
 const { isEqual } = require("lodash/fp")
 const { AutoFieldSubTypes, FieldTypes } = require("../../../constants")
 const { inputProcessing } = require("../../../utilities/rowProcessor")
-const { USERS_TABLE_SCHEMA, SwitchableTypes } = require("../../../constants")
+const {
+  USERS_TABLE_SCHEMA,
+  SwitchableTypes,
+  CanSwitchTypes,
+} = require("../../../constants")
 const {
   isExternalTable,
   breakExternalTableId,
@@ -340,6 +344,23 @@ exports.foreignKeyStructure = (keyName, meta = null) => {
   return structure
 }
 
+exports.areSwitchableTypes = (type1, type2) => {
+  if (
+    SwitchableTypes.indexOf(type1) === -1 &&
+    SwitchableTypes.indexOf(type2) === -1
+  ) {
+    return false
+  }
+  for (let option of CanSwitchTypes) {
+    const index1 = option.indexOf(type1),
+      index2 = option.indexOf(type2)
+    if (index1 !== -1 && index2 !== -1 && index1 !== index2) {
+      return true
+    }
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
 exports.hasTypeChanged = (table, oldTable) => {
   if (!oldTable) {
     return false
@@ -350,7 +371,7 @@ exports.hasTypeChanged = (table, oldTable) => {
       continue
     }
     const newType = table.schema[key].type
-    if (oldType !== newType && SwitchableTypes.indexOf(oldType) === -1) {
+    if (oldType !== newType && !exports.areSwitchableTypes(oldType, newType)) {
       return true
     }
   }

packages/server/src/constants/index.js

@@ -45,13 +45,16 @@ exports.FieldTypes = {
   INTERNAL: "internal",
 }
 
-exports.SwitchableTypes = [
+exports.CanSwitchTypes = [
-  exports.FieldTypes.STRING,
+  [exports.FieldTypes.JSON, exports.FieldTypes.ARRAY],
-  exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS,
+  [exports.FieldTypes.STRING, exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS],
-  exports.FieldTypes.NUMBER,
+  [exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN, exports.FieldTypes.NUMBER],
-  exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN,
 ]
 
+exports.SwitchableTypes = exports.CanSwitchTypes.reduce((prev, current) =>
+  prev ? prev.concat(current) : current
+)
+
 exports.RelationshipTypes = {
   ONE_TO_MANY: "one-to-many",
   MANY_TO_ONE: "many-to-one",

packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ function copyExistingPropsOver(
       if (
         existingTableSchema[key].type === FieldTypes.LINK ||
         existingTableSchema[key].type === FieldTypes.OPTIONS ||
+        existingTableSchema[key].type === FieldTypes.ARRAY ||
         ((!table.schema[key] || table.schema[key].type === FieldTypes.NUMBER) &&
           existingTableSchema[key].type === FieldTypes.BOOLEAN)
       ) {