From 227e9e7dac5b3e6e19204681d5b71a7ea944e3a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JT Smith <jt@plainblack.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:32:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] better handling of defaults

---
 lib/WebGUI/Crud.pm | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Crud.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Crud.pm
index 34b913958..c63e790f6 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Crud.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Crud.pm
@@ -928,7 +928,9 @@ sub update {
 		}
 
 		# set a default value if it's empty or undef
-		$data->{$property} ||= $properties->{$property}{defaultValue};
+        if ($data->{$property} eq "") {
+            $data->{$property} = $properties->{$property}{defaultValue};
+        }
 
 		# serialize if needed
 		if ($properties->{$property}{serialize} && $data->{property} ne "") {