Just pushed an update to List Popper and Friends that helps workaround an issue I recently discovered with Bubble lists and how they handle (or don’t handle) empty values.
Hey @boston85719 and @melissa7, this is what you were experiencing. Watch the videos to understand the problem and the solution I implemented in 1.1.0.
Hey, it’s time for some live Bubbling with Keith! I recently discovered that certain types of lists handle empty (null) values just fine, but that others don’t allow them. What!? While this may or may not be a bug, it’s certainly an inconsistency and Bubble should probably treat it like a bug.
At any rate, I implemented a workaround for this in my List Popper and Friends karma-ware plugin, which includes a few nifty Server-Side Actions for dealing with lists and stuff. I just published those changes as List Popper and Friends version 1.1.0. Update your plugin if you’re so inclined.
Let’s talk about it in these 2 derpy and unrehearsed videos, shall we? Part 1:
Part 2:
In addition to lists of numbers (which do not handle null values properly) and lists of dates (which do not handle null values properly), one I forgot to mention is BOOLEANS ("yes/no"s). Though this seems incredibly dumb – because false and null are both falsey – lists of yes/no’s can also not be constructed with nulls (when publishing, we have to convert the nulls to “false”).
I’ll also post posted this over in the “Bugs” category so more people can enjoy my ramblings.
Happy Bubblin’!
Keith
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