NASTY OpenInsight Bug (OpenInsight Specific)
At 09 JUN 1998 11:34:11PM Michael Moran wrote:
OpenInsight (3.4.1) has a bug in forms bound to data tables which results in a blank record being written over the top of an existing record.
Specifically :
- you have a form which allows the editting of a couple of fields in a record (which contains numerous other fields).
- the user enters the key and the record gets displayed but contains no data in the fields displayed by the form.
- the user hits F9 without changing anything.
- Result.. an "empty" record gets written over the top of the record.
- If the record contains data in the fields displayed on the form, everything is ok.
Has this bug been fixed in later revisions of OI ?
At 10 JUN 1998 01:08AM Don Bakke wrote:
Problem still exists in OI 3.6.1 unfortunately. Wow, two significant bugs (so far) in one night. This is getting scary…
At 10 JUN 1998 10:46AM Gene Gleyzer Revelation wrote:
Michael and Don,
The update logic (module FormUpdate) does not re-write records/fields that don't change but has a bug differentiating between a new and an empty row. I never heard of this until I read your message today – I already submitted a fix for the next release and I'm planning to post a patch.
Thank you,
Gene
At 10 JUN 1998 05:48PM Michael Moran wrote:
Thanks Gene.
Dont suppose the bug fix could be released such that earlier versions of OI can be updated (like 3.4). I'm not ready to go to OI 3.5/3.6 yet.
At 10 JUN 1998 06:10PM Gene Gleyzer Revelation wrote:
Michael,
quite on contrary, I believe you can apply the fix (which is already
available on OI Works section) to OI 3.4
Gene
At 12 JUN 1998 02:15AM Michael Moran wrote:
Thanks for the prompt posting of the fix Gene.
I have applied the fix to my OI3.4 and it seems to work fine.