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+<?php
+/* -*- tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
+/*
+# ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
+# This file is part of InDefero, an open source project management application.
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Céondo Ltd and contributors.
+#
+# InDefero is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# InDefero is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+#
+# ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
+
+/**
+ * Add the private column for the project.
+ */
+
+function IDF_Migrations_9ShortDescription_up($params=null)
+{
+    $table = Pluf::factory('IDF_Project')->getSqlTable();
+    $sql = array();
+    $sql['PostgreSQL'] = 'ALTER TABLE '.$table.' ADD COLUMN "shortdesc" VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT \'\'';
+    $sql['MySQL'] = 'ALTER TABLE '.$table.' ADD COLUMN `shortdesc` VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT \'\'';
+    $db = Pluf::db();
+    $engine = Pluf::f('db_engine');
+    if (!isset($sql[$engine])) {
+        throw new Exception('SQLite complex migration not supported.');
+    }
+    $db->execute($sql[$engine]);
+}
+
+function IDF_Migrations_9ShortDescription_down($params=null)
+{
+    $table = Pluf::factory('IDF_Project')->getSqlTable();
+    $sql = array();
+    $sql['PostgreSQL'] = 'ALTER TABLE '.$table.' DROP COLUMN "shortdesc"';
+    $sql['MySQL'] = 'ALTER TABLE '.$table.' DROP COLUMN `shortdesc`';
+    $db = Pluf::db();
+    $engine = Pluf::f('db_engine');
+    if (!isset($sql[$engine])) {
+        throw new Exception('SQLite complex migration not supported.');
+    }
+    $db->execute($sql[$engine]);
+
+}
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