From a790d6cd74147fd487367bdcd380e245ecedad2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mel O'Hagan <mel@budibase.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:05:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Let null and blank strings be saved as they are

---
 packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
index 2c4428599b..e5b2a82311 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/ExternalRequest.ts
@@ -305,12 +305,7 @@ export class ExternalRequest {
       manyRelationships: ManyRelationship[] = []
     for (let [key, field] of Object.entries(table.schema)) {
       // if set already, or not set just skip it
-      if (row[key] == null || newRow[key] || !isEditableColumn(field)) {
-        continue
-      }
-      // if its an empty string then it means return the column to null (if possible)
-      if (row[key] === "") {
-        newRow[key] = null
+      if (row[key] === undefined || newRow[key] || !isEditableColumn(field)) {
         continue
       }
       // parse floats/numbers