Empty values in CSV file import are given a "null" string value instead of being left empty [#1671186]

Example of the problem:

CSV file:
Name,Address,State
TestName,,Texas

Display when viewing node in Drupal:
Name: TestName
Address: null
State: Texas

I would expect it to show as:
Name: TestName
Address:
State: Texas

It seems like it is populated the field with a string = "null" rather than a null value

Comment	File	Size	Author
#1	feeds-avoid_null_value-1671186-1.patch	729 bytes	barig

Comments

barig commented 8 January 2015 at 10:57

Component:	Feeds Import	» Code
Issue summary:	View changes

Status	File	Size
new	feeds-avoid_null_value-1671186-1.patch	729 bytes

Hi,

Just a little patch I found for D6 and adapted to D7.

In my case, "0" was treated as null ( empty(0) = true ).
This patch is generated from 7.x-2.0-alpha8.

Hope it helps ! ( a little late I think but who knows ;) )

barig commented 13 January 2015 at 12:35

Status:

Active

» Needs review

13 January 2015 at 12:40

Status:

Needs review

» Needs work

The last submitted patch, 1: feeds-avoid_null_value-1671186-1.patch, failed testing.

Dutch

commented 13 January 2015 at 21:10

Status:

Needs work

» Closed (duplicate)

I don't think this is a problem anymore, at least in dev. See #1107522: Framework for expected behavior when importing empty/blank values + text field fix. Closing this issue as a duplicate.