Datatypes

Written by Balazs Halasy, 01/20/2005 Updated 05/06/2005 by Balazs Halasy

Datatype	Summary	Searchable	Collector
Authors	Stores info about additional authors.	Yes.	No.
Checkbox	Stores a binary value (on or off).	Yes.	Yes.
Country	Stores a user country. [Webshop]	Yes.	No.
Date	Validates and stores a date value.	Yes.	No.
Date and time	Validates and stores a date and a time value.	Yes.	No.
E-mail	Validates and stores an E-mail address.	Yes.	Yes.
Enum	DEPRECATED	Yes.	No.
File	Stores any type of file.	Yes.	No.
Float	Validates and stores a decimal value.	No.	No.
Identifier	Generates a non-editable identification string.	Yes.	No.
Image	Validates and stores a digital image.	No.	No.
Ini setting	DEPRECATED	Yes.	No.
Integer	Validates and stores an integer value.	Yes.	No.
ISBN	Validates and stores an ISBN value.	Yes.	No.
Keywords	Stores keywords.	Yes.	No.
Matrix	Stores multiple rows and columns of text.	Yes.	No.
Media	Stores a media file (Flash/QT/Real/etc.).	No.	No.
Multi-option	Allows option selections. [Webshop]	Yes.	No.
Multi-price	Stores prices in different currencies (inc/ex VAT). [Webshop]	Yes.	No.
Object relation	Stores a relation to a content object.	Yes.	No.
Object relations	Stores relations to other content objects.	Yes.	No.
Option	Allows an option selection. [Webshop]	No.	Yes.
Price	Stores a price (inc/ex VAT). [Webshop]	No.	No.
Product category	Stores a product category. [Webshop]	Yes.	No.
Range option	Allows an integer selection. [Webshop]	No.	No.
Selection	Stores single and multiple choices.	Yes.	No.
Subtree subscription	DEPRECATED	No.	No.
Text block	Stores multiple lines of unformatted text.	Yes.	Yes.
Text line	Stores a single line of unformatted text.	Yes.	Yes.
Time	Validates and stores a time value.	No.	No.
URL	Validates and stores a URL / address.	No.	No.
User account	Validates and stores info about a user.	Yes.	No.
XML block	Validates and stores multiple lines of formatted text.	Yes.	No.

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Balazs Halasy Author 01/20/2005 Updated 05/06/2005
Xavier dutoit Commenter 09/25/2005
Nicolas Clément Commenter 02/15/2007

Comments (2 historical)

Written by readers of the earlier documentation sites, kept as they were.

You have more community provided datatypes

xavier dutoit · 09/25/2005 08:53 am

If you need other datatypes, you can find some there :
http://ez.no/community/contribs/datatypes
1. Re: You have more community provided datatypes
  
  Nicolas Clément · 02/15/2007 05:20 pm
  
  since 3.8.6, ezselection can collect informations.
  The default template doesn't exist...

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