Fix for #5219 - default all string types to basic text format, allow user to switch string types to longform if they desire.

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

@@ -144,7 +144,11 @@ export const RelationshipTypes = {
   MANY_TO_ONE: "many-to-one",
 }
 
-export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS = [FIELDS.STRING, FIELDS.OPTIONS]
+export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS = [
+  FIELDS.STRING,
+  FIELDS.OPTIONS,
+  FIELDS.LONGFORM,
+]
 export const ALLOWABLE_STRING_TYPES = ALLOWABLE_STRING_OPTIONS.map(
   opt => opt.type
 )

packages/server/src/constants/index.js

@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ exports.FieldTypes = {
 
 exports.CanSwitchTypes = [
   [exports.FieldTypes.JSON, exports.FieldTypes.ARRAY],
-  [exports.FieldTypes.STRING, exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS],
+  [
+    exports.FieldTypes.STRING,
+    exports.FieldTypes.OPTIONS,
+    exports.FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
+  ],
   [exports.FieldTypes.BOOLEAN, exports.FieldTypes.NUMBER],
 ]
 

packages/server/src/integrations/utils.ts

@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ const SQL_STRING_TYPE_MAP = {
   nvarchar: FieldTypes.STRING,
   ntext: FieldTypes.STRING,
   enum: FieldTypes.STRING,
-  blob: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
-  long: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
-  text: FieldTypes.LONGFORM,
+  blob: FieldTypes.STRING,
+  long: FieldTypes.STRING,
+  text: FieldTypes.STRING,
 }
 
 const SQL_BOOLEAN_TYPE_MAP = {