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Content definition group definition

This portion of the content definition dialog is used to edit the details of a particular group.
Groups are used to define repeating fields in a piece of content.


Group details in content definition dialog

Fields
Label   Label for the group, this is seen by the user when editing.
Hint   Hint for the group, this is seen by the user when editing as a tooltip.
Minimum occurances   Minimum number of repeats required by this group
Maximum occurances   Maximum number of repeats required by this group, if -1 then any number of repeats are accepted.
Foreign key   Foreign key for the group, defines the column in the group table which links back to the parent table. In the example shown the student_id is in the exam_result table, and foreign keys back to the student table.
Inner type: name   Name of the inner type.
Inner type: XML column name   Name of the database column which contains the XML blob for in the group table. In the example shown it would be a column in the exam_result table, but in this case it is blank because no XML storage is used.
Inner type: Key column name   Name of the database column in the group table which stores the primary key.
Inner type: Database table   Name of the database table in which entries in this group are stored. Blank if the group is to be stored in the parent XML blob.