climates


Description

Defines climates. Climates are measureable weather type characteristics such as temperature or cloud cover.

Columns

Column Type Size Nulls Auto Default Children Parents Comments
id INT 10 null
climatedata.climate_id climatedata_ibfk_2C
climateoverlays.climate_id climateoverlays_ibfk_1C

Primary id for this table. This uniquely identifies the row.

name VARCHAR 255

Describes the climate.

short_name CHAR 10 null

Shortened version of the climate name which is used in some table headers.

description MEDIUMTEXT 16777215 null

A longer description of the climate.

datatype enum('categorical', 'numeric', 'text', 'date') 11 text

Defines the data type of the climate. This can be of numeric, text, date or categorical types.

unit_id INT 10 null
units.id climates_ibfk_1R

Foreign key to units (units.id).

created_on DATETIME 26 CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

When the record was created.

updated_on TIMESTAMP 26 CURRENT_TIMESTAMP

When the record was updated. This may be different from the created on date if subsequent changes have been made to the underlying record.

Indexes

Constraint Name Type Sort Column(s)
PRIMARY Primary key Asc id
unit_id Performance Asc unit_id

Relationships