By empty i mean string with length 0 ie '' __CODE__
I am posting to rest endpoint Automagically generated via Catalyst::Controller::DBIC::API there is no explicit code hand written by me.And that is why looking for a global filter. There are three great virtues of a programmer; Laziness, Impatience and Hubris -- Larry Wall. > Just curious: when you say "prefilled with nothing", you mean the field is > empty, or the field is filled with one or more white spaces (like " "), or > the field is a <select> with the first <option> having the attribute > "value" equals to ""? Or something else? > > gil > > On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 10:25:27AM -0500, Rajesh Kumar Mallah wrote: >> >> Hi , >> >> I want to transform request parameters in GET & POST requests >> so that any thing which is empty (string) gets converted/replaced >> my perl's undef (and DBIC's NULL). >> >> Why i need that: >> ==================== >> I have edit form in my web app and some fields in the edit form >> are prefilled with nothing. On submission the DB raises an exception >> that an empty string is being inserted to a integer field. >> >> Hence I feel like having a global filter that turns all blanks to >> undef. >> >> The question is where to put this global filter. >> >> Regds >> mallah. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk >> Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst >> Searchable archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ >> Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.scsys.co.uk/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
