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Adna
2016-05-15, 07:08 AM
Database Version

1.3.5


Description

Contains all the information about a given category that can't reasonably be translated into multiple languages. All of the contained information is consistent across all installed languages.


Language-specific data about each category is found in the categories_description table.




Table Details
Primary Key

categories_id

Indexed Fields

parent_id
categories_id
categories_status
sort_order


Columns
categories_id Primary Key Index

A unique, auto incremented value, to identify each category record.

Type: int(11)
Null: No
Default:
Extra: auto_increment


categories_image

The path to the category image for the category relative to DIR_WS_CATALOG/images/.

Type: varchar(64)
Null: Yes
Default: NULL


parent_id Foreign Key Index

Links the record to a parent category. Recursive foreign key to categories_id.

Type: int(11)
Null: No
Default: 0

Info.png What it Means!
A value of 0 means that this is a top-level category.


sort_order Index

The sort order of this category. 0 = top.

Type: int(3)
Null: Yes
Default: NULL


date_added

The date and time this category was added to the database.

Type: datetime
Null: Yes
Default: NULL


last_modified

The date and time this category was last modified.

Type: datetime
Null: Yes
Default: NULL


categories_status Index

The status of the category. Can be set to 0 (disabled) or 1 (enabled).

Type: tinyint(1)
Null: No
Default: 1