function initialize(&$field)
 {
     if ($field->parameters->get('initialized', 0)) {
         return;
     }
     // initialization already done
     // Execute SQL installation file
     $sql_file = dirname(__FILE__) . DS . 'installation' . DS . 'install.mysql.utf8.sql';
     flexicontent_db::execute_sql_file($sql_file);
     $attribs = json_decode($field->attribs);
     $attribs->initialized = 1;
     $attribs = json_encode($attribs);
     $db = JFactory::getDBO();
     $query = "UPDATE #__flexicontent_fields SET attribs=" . $db->Quote($attribs) . " WHERE id = " . $field->id;
     $db->setQuery($query);
     $result = $db->execute();
     if ($db->getErrorNum()) {
         JFactory::getApplication()->enqueueMessage(__FUNCTION__ . '(): SQL QUERY ERROR:<br/>' . nl2br($db->getErrorMsg()), 'error');
     }
 }