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Scott Gray commented on OFBIZ-4949: ----------------------------------- Currently if you set an attribute with an empty value e.g. firstName="" then the field will be set to null, does this not suffice? > add a new attribute for for entity-engine-xml tag, put-other-field-to-null= > true, if it exist at the beginning data file, all update will put to null all > field not detail in this file > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: OFBIZ-4949 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-4949 > Project: OFBiz > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: framework > Affects Versions: SVN trunk > Reporter: Olivier Heintz > Priority: Minor > Attachments: OFBIZ-4949.patch > > > This enhancement is useful when a entity is load by reader (ex: seed) and > sometime, it could be modify in data file. If a field is change from a value > to null, currently this modification will not be done in the next load. > For portletWidget, entity PortalPortal have a lot of field with potential > default value, so sometime, first release use some field and when it's > reviewed and corrected, some field are changed to null to use the default > value (to follow best practice). > This enhancement will be very useful for portletData file. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira