Process primitive default values.

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.ts

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ describe.each([
       await assertRowUsage(isInternal ? rowUsage + 1 : rowUsage)
     })
 
-    it("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
+    it.only("creates a new row with a default value successfully", async () => {
       const table = await config.api.table.save(
         saveTableRequest({
           schema: {
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ describe.each([
       )
 
       const row = await config.api.row.save(table._id!, {})
-      expect(row.name).toEqual("Test Contact")
       expect(row.description).toEqual("default description")
     })
 

packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/index.ts

@@ -88,7 +88,14 @@ export async function processAutoColumn(
         break
     }
   }
-  return { table, row }
+}
+
+async function processDeafultValues(table: Table, row: Row) {
+  for (let [key, schema] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
+    if ("default" in schema && row[key] == null) {
+      row[key] = schema.default
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -182,8 +189,10 @@ export async function inputProcessing(
     clonedRow._rev = row._rev
   }
 
-  // handle auto columns - this returns an object like {table, row}
-  return processAutoColumn(userId, table, clonedRow, opts)
+  await processAutoColumn(userId, table, clonedRow, opts)
+  await processDeafultValues(table, clonedRow)
+
+  return { table, row: clonedRow }
 }
 
 /**

packages/types/src/documents/app/table/schema.ts

@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ export interface NumberFieldMetadata extends Omit<BaseFieldSchema, "subtype"> {
     toTable: string
     toKey: string
   }
+  default?: string
 }
 
 export interface JsonFieldMetadata extends Omit<BaseFieldSchema, "subtype"> {
   type: FieldType.JSON
   subtype?: JsonFieldSubType.ARRAY
+  default?: string
 }
 
 export interface DateFieldMetadata extends Omit<BaseFieldSchema, "subtype"> {
@@ -94,17 +96,25 @@ export interface DateFieldMetadata extends Omit<BaseFieldSchema, "subtype"> {
   timeOnly?: boolean
   dateOnly?: boolean
   subtype?: AutoFieldSubType.CREATED_AT | AutoFieldSubType.UPDATED_AT
+  default?: string
 }
 
 export interface LongFormFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
   type: FieldType.LONGFORM
   useRichText?: boolean | null
+  default?: string
+}
+
+export interface StringFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
+  type: FieldType.STRING
+  default?: string
 }
 
 export interface FormulaFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
   type: FieldType.FORMULA
   formula: string
   formulaType?: FormulaType
+  default?: string
 }
 
 export interface BBReferenceFieldMetadata
@@ -171,6 +181,7 @@ interface OtherFieldMetadata extends BaseFieldSchema {
     | FieldType.BB_REFERENCE
     | FieldType.BB_REFERENCE_SINGLE
     | FieldType.ATTACHMENTS
+    | FieldType.STRING
   >
 }
 
@@ -182,6 +193,7 @@ export type FieldSchema =
   | FormulaFieldMetadata
   | NumberFieldMetadata
   | LongFormFieldMetadata
+  | StringFieldMetadata
   | BBReferenceFieldMetadata
   | JsonFieldMetadata
   | AttachmentFieldMetadata