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 1/3] 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

From fc5f14e04f1b3405238c79a884a014377c2cafe2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mel O'Hagan <mel@budibase.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:17:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Use null coalescing

---
 packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextField.svelte | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextField.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextField.svelte
index b3b0865c64..7afd8f86c3 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextField.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextField.svelte
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
     {disabled}
     {readonly}
     {id}
-    value={value || ""}
-    placeholder={placeholder || ""}
+    value={value ?? ""}
+    placeholder={placeholder ?? ""}
     on:click
     on:blur
     on:focus

From 3bae1662ef368729c050e50fec6980dc075351ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mel O'Hagan <mel@budibase.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:35:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Null coalesce

---
 .../frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/TextCell.svelte     | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/TextCell.svelte b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/TextCell.svelte
index 04485a6b50..d2ee0189fe 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/TextCell.svelte
+++ b/packages/frontend-core/src/components/grid/cells/TextCell.svelte
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     on:focus={() => (active = true)}
     on:blur={() => (active = false)}
     {type}
-    value={value || ""}
+    value={value ?? ""}
     on:change={handleChange}
     spellcheck="false"
   />