Coding standards
Security in ResourceSpace
Developer reference
- Project structure
- Database schema
- Fixed list fields
- Debugging ResourceSpace
- Writing your own plugins
- Context help links
- Custom fields ("user" defined)
- Query caching
- All user permissions
- Client side API calls
- Modals
- Sending user notifications
- Progressive Web App
- Managing (PHP) code dependencies
- Managing (JS) code dependencies
- OpenAPI documentation
Database
- Table: activity_log
- Table: annotation
- Table: annotation_node
- Table: collection
- Table: collection_keyword
- Table: collection_log
- Table: collection_resource
- Table: collection_savedsearch
- Table: comment
- Table: daily_stat
- Table: dash_tile
- Table: dynamic_tree_node
- Table: external_access_keys
- Table: filter
- Table: filter_rule
- Table: filter_rule_node
- Table: ip_lockout
- Table: job_queue
- Table: keyword
- Table: keyword_related
- Table: mail_log
- Table: message
- Table: node
- Table: node_keyword
- Table: plugins
- Table: preview_size
- Table: report
- Table: report_periodic_emails
- Table: report_periodic_emails_unsubscribe
- Table: request
- Table: research_request
- Table: resource
- Table: resource_alt_files
- Table: resource_custom_access
- Table: resource_dimensions
- Table: resource_keyword
- Table: resource_log
- Table: resource_node
- Table: resource_related
- Table: resource_type
- Table: resource_type_field
- Table: resource_type_field_resource_type
- Table: search_log
- Table: site_text
- Table: slideshow
- Table: sysvars
- Table: tab
- Table: user
- Table: user_collection
- Table: user_dash_tile
- Table: user_message
- Table: user_preferences
- Table: user_rating
- Table: user_report
- Table: user_userlist
- Table: usergroup
- Table: usergroup_collection
- Table: usergroup_dash_tile
Table: message
User messages. Use for system and user to user messaging
| Column | Type | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ref | int(11) | Auto incrementing index |
| created | DATETIME | |
| owner | int(11) | User reference |
| message | MEDIUMTEXT | Message text |
| url | text | Message URL. Appears as link with message and in message list. |
| expires | DATETIME | Message expiration date |
| related_activity | int(11) | Used with related_ref to link system generated messages to e.g. a user account request so that all related messages can be deleted once account is approved |
| related_ref | int(11) | Related activity reference e.g. user ref |
| type | int(11) | Denotes various types of message e.g. user message, screen. Defined by the enabled bits. Refer to definitions.php for more information |
This table is empty by default.
Please see the schema overview for context. This document was last updated on the 19th of August 2026 at 16:05 (Europe/London time).