Many custom modules will not need to add information directly to your MySQL database. But if you do want to store new info from your module, you’ll need to include a .install file with your .module and .info files and use the hook function listed above to do this.
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This is the code that you need to place in your install file. You’ll note that it looks similar to the SQL statements that you would use to add the info manually.
/**
* Implements hook_field_schema()
*/
function countryinfo_field_schema() {
$columns = array(
‘country’ => array(
‘description’ => ‘Two letter ISO country code of this
address.’,
‘type’ => ‘varchar’,
‘length’ => 2,
‘not null’ => FALSE,
‘default’ => ”,
),
);
return array(
‘columns’ => $columns,
);
}
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