Create a field programatically with let me to introduce two values

Question

I don't want to use field_collection ;) I'll be easy.

I want to build a module that create a a field that let me to save two values at the same time, name and date.

I'd like to have both in the same table, but I don't find any article that explain how to make/define it.

It will be a field with two fields to fill in a node.

Any idea?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Download the examples module and look through the Field Example module.

It contains extensive code examples that show you in detail how to create a custom field, widget and formatter.

Answer 2

You can create custom compound fields in cck. I found following article for Drupal 7 Compound fields in Drupal 7 , you may get a clear idea from this article how to get proceed.

Previously i have tried this D6 tutorial, and created a compound field. i have not tried yet in D7

Answer 3

The answer was in my library, thanks to "Drupal 7 module development" I found what I was looking for.

The chapter to build a new field explain how to build a field with 2 o 3 database-fields, more easy than drupal 6 :)