"Dave Newton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was wondering if there is a way to configure Struts1 so Form beans return > > null values instead of empty String values when a user does not enter data > > in a text field, for example. The problem is that Hibernate then saves > > empty Strings to the database instead of nulls. I would like to configure > > something globally if possible. > > I don't know if this is possible without writing some code, like a request > processor; hopefully somebody else knows more. The issue is that a text field > on a form returns an empty string, not null: that's an HTTP thing, not Struts > specifically. > > You could also configure Hibernate data types that convert an empty string in > to null and handle the problem on the Hibernate side; if you're using the > Hibernate code anywhere else it might be more useful to do it that way, but > it's borderline magic and might be confusing down the road. > > Dave
A filter that intercepts the request and removes all parameters with empty values should do the trick. I have used a similar filter to trim all the reqest parameters of white space rather than doing it in the form bean setter methods. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
