Question

When does the defineContentAttribute() method return a false?

(a) Data stored in different table

(b) Data stored in its own table

(c) Data is not stored at all

(d) Data is not obtained

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) Data stored in its own table

The best explanation: If your fieldtype is storing data in its own table, and doesn’t have any use for a column within the main content table, you may also set defineContentAttribute() to return false. By default, BaseFieldType sets the column to VARCHAR(255), but you can override that with defineContentAttribute().