Can't update a referenced field after the reference was deleted
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Description
Prerequisites
- Are you running the latest version of
ng-admin? Yes, running the ng-admin-demo. - Did you check the documentation? Yes.
- Did you perform a cursory search to see if your bug or enhancement is already reported? Yes.
Description
When an entity contains a reference to another entity, deleting the referenced entity makes it no longer possible to edit the referenced field.
Steps to Reproduce
- Run the ng-admin-demo
- Go to
Catalog>Posters - Pick any poster, click edit and check that you can update the
Categoryfield - Go to
Catalog>Categories - Pick any category and delete it
- Go to
Catalog>Posters - Pick a poster that previously had the category you just deleted and click edit
- Try to update the
Categoryfield
Expected behavior: The field should be editable
Actual behavior: The field can no longer be updated
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running ng-admin-demo and reproducing the issue through Catalog > Posters and Catalog > Categories. Trace the Category field behavior after its referenced category is deleted, then verify that the field can still be edited and updated for the affected poster.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angularjs, javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100