Change the scope of a attribute

Question

A extension created a extra tab in my category menu. With this code:

$setup->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'menutopdescription1', array(
    'group'         => 'General',
    'input'         => 'textarea',
    'type'          => 'text',
    'label'         => 'Topmenu description',
    'backend'       => '',
    'visible'       => 1,
    'required'      => 0,
    'is_wysiwyg_enabled' => 1,
    'visible_on_front' => 1,
    'note'=>'Category description for top menu dropdown',
    'is_html_allowed_on_front' => 1,
    'global'        => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
));

This results in a global scope. Now I would like to change it to "website". So I can easily translate it for my other websites.

This attribute isn't visible in the attribute list of Magento, so I have to make the changes in the database. Which key do I have to change?

Answer 1

Create an upgrade script with this code:

$setup->updateAttribute('catalog_category', 'menutopdescription1', 'is_global', Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_WEBSITE);

$setup is an instance of Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Setup or Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup.

If you want to change the db directly (I don't recommend it) you need to change the field is_global to 2 from the table catalog_eav_attribute for the record with the id the same as your attribute has in the eav_attribute table.