Re-order Contact fields in table,DAO

[eileenmcnaughton]

Overview

Re-order Contact fields in table,DAO

This simply affects the order of the fields in the civicrm_contact table on new builds

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Technical Details

For those of us who look into the database on a regular basis, especially using a graphical interface, it can be a bit of a pain that the prime real estate is taken up by low-interest fields.

While I don't think there is any one most convenient way to order the fields this at least gets some name fields 'above the fold' and putting organization name early on means it will show for both orgs & individuals with employers

Comments

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[eileenmcnaughton]

tests need adjusting to reflect - will just wait to see if anyone has order preferences

[totten]

My bikeshed vote would be like: "id, contact_type, display_name" and then everything else. For "everything else", there are different/valid ways to do it, eg:

• Alphabetize everything else
• Figure rough groups of related fields (first_name/middle_name/last_name/nick_name/etc; then do_not_mail/do_not_phone/etc.)

[eileenmcnaughton]

Yeah - I think madness lies in trying to do them all - I did try not to make anything existing less sane :-)