What happens when deleting custom field?
Added by Ivan Cenov over 12 years ago
Hi,
I created recently a custom issue field of type checkbox (yes/no, true/false). I created tens of issues with this field after then.
Now I want to remove this field, because changed my mind. What would happen, when I remove it? Will the issues with this field change? Is there possibility of database inconsistency?
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RE: What happens when deleting custom field?
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Added by Mischa The Evil over 12 years ago
Ivan Cenov wrote:
What would happen, when I remove it?
During the destroy action the custom field is deleted from the database table custom_fields
. Also the values of the field with the same customized_id are deleted from the custom_values
table.
Will the issues with this field change?
Yes, since the actual field will be removed including its value. This is not "logged" in the issue journal (the issue-notes). Any reference to the deleted custom field (e.g. their names in journals during value changes) will be replaced by the (numeric) id of the deleted custom field; the id isn't reused anyway.
Is there possibility of database inconsistency?
Nope... See above.