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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2023 IndiScale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
+# Copyright (C) 2023 Timm Fitschen <t.fitschen@indiscale.com>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+# Update mysql schema to version v7.0.2
+# Patch the broken data_type table (fix id for file references as per
+# https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-server/-/issues/246)
+
+NEW_VERSION="v7.0.2"
+OLD_VERSION="v7.0.1"
+
+if [ -z "$UTILSPATH" ]; then
+ UTILSPATH="../utils"
+fi
+
+. $UTILSPATH/patch_header.sh $*
+
+check_version $OLD_VERSION
+
+mysql_execute "UPDATE data_type SET datatype=17 WHERE datatype=3"
+
+update_version $NEW_VERSION
+
+success