Version: SmartClient 8 nightly, 2011-05-06
If a masked field has a value in it and you clear the value, when the form is submitted a string containing the word "null" is sent, rather than a javascript null or empty string. For example, here is the JSON string returned from the fetch:
You'll notice that the field "phone" has a value of 4055551212. Field "phone2" has a value of null. This null is not a string.
Now, we clear the form's field for phone and watch the json that is submitted back to the server during the update call:
We can see that the value for phone has been replaced by a string whose value is the word "null". Expected behavior is that the value would be set to either an empty string or a Javascript null value. We can also see that this is a direct result of editing the field because the phone2 value, which was not touched when using the form, is still a true null.
If a mask is not applied to a form field, this behavior doesn't happen. Blanking out a regular text field on a form results in an empty string being sent to the server.
I've tested this in Chrome, Firefox 3.6 and 4.0, and Opera 11.
Here is a test case
The same thing happens if the original value of the field is null. If you enter the masked text field, put in a value, remove focus by going to another field, then return the the masked field and clear the value that you just entered, a string with the word "null" will be submitted.
If a masked field has a value in it and you clear the value, when the form is submitted a string containing the word "null" is sent, rather than a javascript null or empty string. For example, here is the JSON string returned from the fetch:
Code:
{"address":{"state":"FL","street1":"","street2":"","city":"","zip":""},"name":"Florida","phone":"4055551212","officeId":39,"phone2":null}
Now, we clear the form's field for phone and watch the json that is submitted back to the server during the update call:
Code:
{"address":{"state":"FL","street1":"","street2":"","city":"","zip":""},"name":"Florida","phone":"null","officeId":39,"phone2":null}
If a mask is not applied to a form field, this behavior doesn't happen. Blanking out a regular text field on a form results in an empty string being sent to the server.
I've tested this in Chrome, Firefox 3.6 and 4.0, and Opera 11.
Here is a test case
Code:
isc.RestDataSource.create({
ID: 'datasource',
dataFormat: 'json',
dataURL: 'directory',
recordXPath: '/',
titleField: 'name',
fields: [
{ name: 'officeId', primaryKey:true, required:true, type:'integer'},//, detail:true},
{ name: 'name' },
{ name: 'street1', valueXPath: 'address/street1'},
{ name: 'street2', valueXPath: 'address/street2'},
{ name: 'city', valueXPath: 'address/city'},
{ name: 'state', valueXPath: 'address/state'},
{ name: 'zip', valueXPath: 'address/zip'},
{ name: 'phone'},
{ name: 'phone2'}
]
});
isc.DynamicForm.create({
ID: 'testform',
dataSource: datasource,
numCols: 6,
width: 700,
height: 200,
autoDraw: true,
saveOnEnter: true,
fields: [
{ name: 'name', colSpan: 6},
{ name: 'street1', colSpan: 1},
{ name: 'street2', title: 'Street 2', colSpan: 2},
{ name: 'city', colSpan: 1},
{ name: 'state', colSpan: 1, editorType: 'StateSelector'},
{ name: 'zip', colSpan: 1, mask: '#####-####'},
{ name: 'phone', colSpan: 1, title: 'Phone', mask: '###-###-####' },
{ name: 'phone2', colSpan: 2, title: 'Alt Phone', mask: '###-###-####' }
]
});
testform.fetchData({'officeId':1});
The same thing happens if the original value of the field is null. If you enter the masked text field, put in a value, remove focus by going to another field, then return the the masked field and clear the value that you just entered, a string with the word "null" will be submitted.
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