Caution: This documentation is for eZ Publish legacy, from version 3.x to 6.x.
For 5.x documentation covering Platform see eZ Documentation Center, for difference between legacy and Platform see 5.x Architecture overview.

Datatypes

DatatypeSummarySearchableCollector
Authors Stores info about additional authors. Yes. No.
Checkbox Stores a binary value (on or off). Yes. Yes.
Country Stores a user country. [Webshop] Yes. No.
Date Validates and stores a date value. Yes. No.
Date and time Validates and stores a date and a time value. Yes. No.
E-mail Validates and stores an E-mail address. Yes. Yes.
Enum DEPRECATED Yes. No.
File Stores any type of file. Yes. No.
Float Validates and stores a decimal value. No. No.
Identifier Generates a non-editable identification string. Yes. No.
Image Validates and stores a digital image. No. No.
Ini setting DEPRECATED Yes. No.
Integer Validates and stores an integer value. Yes. No.
ISBN Validates and stores an ISBN value. Yes. No.
Keywords Stores keywords. Yes. No.
Matrix Stores multiple rows and columns of text. Yes. No.
Media Stores a media file (Flash/QT/Real/etc.). No. No.
Multi-option Allows option selections. [Webshop] Yes. No.
Multi-price Stores prices in different currencies (inc/ex VAT). [Webshop] Yes. No.
Object relation Stores a relation to a content object. Yes. No.
Object relations Stores relations to other content objects. Yes. No.
Option Allows an option selection. [Webshop] No. Yes.
Price Stores a price (inc/ex VAT). [Webshop] No. No.
Product category Stores a product category. [Webshop] Yes. No.
Range option Allows an integer selection. [Webshop] No. No.
Selection Stores single and multiple choices. Yes. No.
Subtree subscription DEPRECATED No. No.
Text block Stores multiple lines of unformatted text. Yes. Yes.
Text line Stores a single line of unformatted text. Yes. Yes.
Time Validates and stores a time value. No. No.
URL Validates and stores a URL / address. No. No.
User account Validates and stores info about a user. Yes. No.
XML block Validates and stores multiple lines of formatted text. Yes. No.

Balazs Halasy (20/01/2005 3:42 pm)

Balazs Halasy (06/05/2005 1:00 pm)

Comments

  • You have more community provided datatypes

    Sunday 25 September 2005 8:53:10 am

    xavier dutoit

    If you need other datatypes, you can find some there :
    http://ez.no/community/contribs/datatypes

    • Re: You have more community provided datatypes

      Thursday 15 February 2007 5:20:52 pm

      Nicolas Clément

      since 3.8.6, ezselection can collect informations.

      The default template doesn't exist...