What is the best/right way to create a CCK field?

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Posted by drupalnesia on September 27, 2010 at 5:52pm

I need to create a CCK field in my module. What is the best/right way?

From this link http://benbuckman.net/tech/10/01/drupal-automating-cck-field-creation-up... I got:

$form_state['values']['_add_new_field']['label'] = 'Name of New Field'; 
$form_state['values']['_add_new_field']['field_name'] = $new_field_name; 
$form_state['values']['_add_new_field']['type'] = 'computed'; 
$form_state['values']['_add_new_field']['widget_type'] = 'computed'; 
$form_state['values']['_add_new_field']['parent'] = 'group_some_group'; // put under fieldgroup (optional)  

// generate & submit the form
drupal_execute('content_field_overview_form', $form_state, $content_type);

Is above code the best/right way?

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Are you trying to create a

Posted by Garrett Albright on October 2, 2010 at 9:14am
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Are you trying to create a new field, or a new field instance? Your title says the former, but it looks like that page is talking about the latter.

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