/**
  * Adds externalSystemId column to specific table if it does not exist
  * @param $tableName
  * @param $maxLength
  * @param $columnName
  */
 public static function addExternalIdColumnIfMissing($tableName, $maxLength = 255, $columnName = null)
 {
     if (!isset($columnName)) {
         $columnName = static::EXTERNAL_SYSTEM_ID_COLUMN_NAME;
     }
     // check if external_system_id exists in fields
     $columnExists = ZurmoRedBean::$writer->doesColumnExist($tableName, $columnName);
     if (!$columnExists) {
         // if not, update model and add an external_system_id field
         $type = 'string';
         $length = null;
         RedBeanModelMemberRulesToColumnAdapter::resolveStringTypeAndLengthByMaxLength($type, $length, $maxLength);
         $columns = array();
         $columns[] = RedBeanModelMemberToColumnUtil::resolveColumnMetadataByHintType($columnName, $type, $length);
         $schema = CreateOrUpdateExistingTableFromSchemaDefinitionArrayUtil::getTableSchema($tableName, $columns);
         CreateOrUpdateExistingTableFromSchemaDefinitionArrayUtil::generateOrUpdateTableBySchemaDefinition($schema, new MessageLogger());
     }
 }
 protected static function getReservedColumnMetadata()
 {
     $columns = array();
     $reservedColumnsTypes = array('status' => 'integer', 'serializedMessages' => 'string', 'analysisStatus' => 'integer', 'serializedAnalysisMessages' => 'string');
     foreach ($reservedColumnsTypes as $columnName => $type) {
         $length = null;
         $unsigned = null;
         if ($type === 'string') {
             // populate the proper type given it would be 1024 char string depending on db type.
             RedBeanModelMemberRulesToColumnAdapter::resolveStringTypeAndLengthByMaxLength($type, $length, 1024);
         } else {
             // forcing integers to be unsigned
             $unsigned = DatabaseCompatibilityUtil::resolveUnsignedByHintType($type, false);
         }
         // last argument is false because we do not want these column names to be resolved to lower characters
         $columns[] = RedBeanModelMemberToColumnUtil::resolveColumnMetadataByHintType($columnName, $type, $length, $unsigned, null, null, null, false);
     }
     return $columns;
 }