Refactor the columnType field in TableColumn to use an ADT (ColumnType).

spra-play-server/src/main/scala/net/wiringbits/spra/admin/models/ColumnType.scala

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package net.wiringbits.spra.admin.models
+
+sealed trait ColumnType {
+  val value: String
+}
+
+object ColumnType {
+  case class Date(value: String) extends ColumnType
+  case class Text(value: String) extends ColumnType
+  case class Bytea(value: String) extends ColumnType
+  case class Int(value: String) extends ColumnType
+  case class Decimal(value: String) extends ColumnType
+  case class UUID(value: String) extends ColumnType
+
+  def parseColumnType(columnType: String): ColumnType = {
+    // 'contains' is used because PostgreSQL types may include additional details like precision or scale
+    // https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/datatype.html
+    val isInt = List("int", "serial").exists(columnType.contains)
+    val isDecimal = List("float", "decimal").exists(columnType.contains)
+    val isBytea = columnType == "bytea"
+    val isUUID = columnType == "uuid"
+    val isDate = List("date", "time").exists(columnType.contains)
+
+    if (isDate)
+      Date(columnType)
+    else if (isDecimal)
+      Decimal(columnType)
+    else if (isBytea)
+      Bytea(columnType)
+    else if (isInt)
+      Int(columnType)
+    else if (isUUID)
+      UUID(columnType)
+    else
+      Text(columnType)
+  }
+}

spra-play-server/src/main/scala/net/wiringbits/spra/admin/repositories/daos/DatabaseTablesDAO.scala

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package net.wiringbits.spra.admin.repositories.daos
 
 import anorm.{SqlParser, SqlStringInterpolation}
 import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.config.{CustomDataType, PrimaryKeyDataType, TableSettings}
+import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.models.ColumnType
 import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.repositories.models.*
 import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.utils.models.{FilterParameter, QueryParameters}
 import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.utils.{QueryBuilder, StringRegex}
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ object DatabaseTablesDAO {
         val fields = for {
           columnNumber <- 1 to numberOfColumns
           columnName = metadata.getColumnName(columnNumber)
-          columnType = metadata.getColumnTypeName(columnNumber)
+          columnType = ColumnType.parseColumnType(metadata.getColumnTypeName(columnNumber))
         } yield TableColumn(columnName, columnType)
         fields.toList
       } finally {

spra-play-server/src/main/scala/net/wiringbits/spra/admin/repositories/daos/package.scala

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package net.wiringbits.spra.admin.repositories
 
 import anorm.*
+import anorm.SqlParser.get
+import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.models.ColumnType
 import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.repositories.models.{DatabaseTable, ForeignKey, TableColumn}
 
 package object daos {
@@ -28,10 +30,13 @@ package object daos {
   }
 
   val tableColumnParser: RowParser[TableColumn] = {
-    Macro.parser[TableColumn](
-      "column_name",
-      "data_type"
-    )
+    get[String]("column_name") ~
+      get[String]("data_type") map { case name ~ columnTypeStr =>
+        TableColumn(
+          name = name,
+          `type` = ColumnType.parseColumnType(columnTypeStr)
+        )
+      }
   }
 
   val foreignKeyParser: RowParser[ForeignKey] = {

spra-play-server/src/main/scala/net/wiringbits/spra/admin/repositories/models/TableColumn.scala

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package net.wiringbits.spra.admin.repositories.models
 
+import net.wiringbits.spra.admin.models.ColumnType
+
 case class TableColumn(
     name: String,
-    `type`: String
+    `type`: ColumnType
 )

spra-play-server/src/main/scala/net/wiringbits/spra/admin/services/AdminService.scala

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class AdminService @Inject() (
                   None
               AdminGetTables.Response.TableColumn(
                 name = fieldName,
-                `type` = column.`type`,
+                `type` = column.`type`.value,
                 editable = isEditable,
                 reference = reference,
                 filterable = isFilterable,

spra-play-server/src/main/scala/net/wiringbits/spra/admin/utils/QueryBuilder.scala

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ object QueryBuilder {
     }
     for ((tableColumn, _) <- fieldsAndValues) {
       sqlFields.append(s", ${tableColumn.name}")
-      sqlValues.append(s", ?::${tableColumn.`type`}")
+      sqlValues.append(s", ?::${tableColumn.`type`.value}")
     }
 
     s"""
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ object QueryBuilder {
   def update(tableName: String, body: Map[TableColumn, String], primaryKeyField: String): String = {
     val updateStatement = new mutable.StringBuilder("SET")
     for ((tableField, value) <- body) {
-      val resultStatement = if (value == "null") "NULL" else s"?::${tableField.`type`}"
+      val resultStatement = if (value == "null") "NULL" else s"?::${tableField.`type`.value}"
       val statement = s" ${tableField.name} = $resultStatement,"
       updateStatement.append(statement)
     }