topic Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update in ArcGIS REST APIs and Services Questions

Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

Anonymous User — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:21:05 GMT

Original User: oppedahl

I have a feature class published to a 10.1 Feature Service with one of its attributes a nullable integer with no default value defined. I'm trying to edit the attribute with the REST API's Update operation. It works if I set it to a number, but saving null doesn't work. There's no error--the call goes through fine--but the value remains unchanged. Is it not allowed to set a numeric field to null once it's been set to something else? I can set it to null just fine in ArcMap. Here's a snippet of the JSON I'm sending to the update:

[
{
"attributes": {
"OBJECTID_1": 1234,
"AnInt": null,
}
}
]

Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

Anonymous User — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:22:33 GMT

Original User: miri

Hi Mark,

I have the same problem.
Have you ever got an answer for your question or any workaround?

Thanks a lot,
Miri

Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

Anonymous User — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:28:43 GMT

Original User: oppedahl

Yes, it's been logged as a bug. See this thread: http://forums.arcgis.com/threads/66425-Can-t-set-integer-to-null-with-Feature-Service-REST-update

Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

MiriEshel — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:49:40 GMT

Hi Mark,

It's not only integer fields but also string fields.
I hope they will fix it quickly.

Thanks,
Miri

Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

Anonymous User — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:57:07 GMT

Original User: oppedahl

At least for strings you can set the value to an empty string, which might be OK depending on your application. But there's no alternative for other types like numbers and dates. The bug currently shows a severity of Critical and was last edited on 11/20, for whatever that's worth. 10.1 didn't fix it.

Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

MiriEshel — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:59:27 GMT

Hi Mark,

There is no problem with empty strings if the field does not have a forein key but if it has (like in my case), it is a problem....

Miri

Re: Can't set integer to null with Feature Service REST update

AndrewNeuman — Fri, 05 May 2017 20:58:51 GMT

My client is working in ESRI Collector and it appears that this issue still occurs. Is this still a known bug?