fix string props and required flag

Author: Richard Jones

CHANGES.txt

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ are given with the most recent entry first.
 - fixed Interval maths (sf bug 665357)
 - fixed sqlite rollback/caching bug (sf bug 689383)
 - fixed rdbms table update detection logic (sf bug 703297)
+- required String properties not being flagged (thanks Ajit George)
 
 
 2003-02-27 0.5.6

doc/index.txt

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Duncan Booth,
 Seb Brezel,
 Titus Brown,
 Roch'e Compaan,
+Ajit George,
 Engelbert Gruber,
 Juergen Hermann,
 Tobias Hunger,

roundup/cgi/client.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: client.py,v 1.65.2.4 2003-02-08 23:03:36 richard Exp $
+# $Id: client.py,v 1.65.2.5 2003-03-15 23:30:07 richard Exp $
 
 __doc__ = """
 WWW request handler (also used in the stand-alone server).
@@ -1236,6 +1236,8 @@ def parsePropsFromForm(db, cl, form, nodeid=0, num_re=re.compile('^\d+$')):
         if isinstance(proptype, hyperdb.String):
             # fix the CRLF/CR -> LF stuff
             value = fixNewlines(value)
+            if not value:
+                value = None
         elif isinstance(proptype, hyperdb.Password):
             if not value:
                 # ignore empty password values