Impossible to edit 'description' field in 'node_field_instance' table
webavant - August 11, 2007 - 23:28
| Project: | Database Administration |
| Version: | 4.7.x-1.2 |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | bug report |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
If you have some "help text" entered for a CCK field, it goes into a 'description' field in 'node_field_instance' table. The DBA module somehow is overriding the dipslay of that field with it's own informative description, preventing the input box from being shown and furthermore preventing the field from being edited. Instead of showing an input box for the field, it shows this useful, but incorrectly placed message: "By clicking "Edit row" you will save any changes you make to this row of the node_field_instance table. This action cannot be undone."
You can duplicate this issue by entering some help text for a CCK field and browsing to: /admin/database/table/node_field_instance/view/edit/field_name/
#1
The good news is that this doesn't seem to be broken in 5.x (dba's HEAD). ;) I just tried to reproduce it there, and i could happily edit the description field in a record in my node_field_instance table. Don't have time now to attempt to reproduce on my 4.7.x test site (nearly 2am here -- I gotta crash).