Fix a bug where changing fieldTypes in the userProfileField did not update the database field types.

docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  - fixed #10223: Calendar List View Ignores Event Permissions (dhelsten)
  - fixed #10226: html2text dropping text
  - fixed #10210: Generated Message-Id invalid (patch basis from tektek)
+ - fixed #10209: Changing existing user profile field type doesn't change underlying database column type
 
 7.7.4
  - rfe: Extend DateTime for Week-Nrs  (#9151)

lib/WebGUI/ProfileField.pm

@@ -828,8 +828,19 @@ sub set {
     }
     $properties->{fieldName} = $self->getId;
 
+    ##Save the fieldType now.  It can't be chacked against getFormControlClass now
+    ##because it will return the OLD formControlClass, not the new one that we need
+    ##to check against.
+    my $originalFieldType = $self->get('fieldType');
+
+    # Update the record
+    $db->setRow("userProfileField","fieldName",$properties);
+    foreach my $key (keys %{$properties}) {
+        $self->{_properties}{$key} = $properties->{$key};
+    }
+
     # If the fieldType has changed, modify the userProfileData column
-    if ($properties->{fieldType} ne $self->get("fieldType")) {
+    if ($properties->{fieldType} ne $originalFieldType) {
         # Create a copy of the new properties so we don't mess them up
         my $fieldClass  = $self->getFormControlClass;
         eval "use $fieldClass;";
@@ -845,11 +856,6 @@ sub set {
         $db->write($sql);
     }
 
-    # Update the record
-    $db->setRow("userProfileField","fieldName",$properties);
-    foreach my $key (keys %{$properties}) {
-        $self->{_properties}{$key} = $properties->{$key};
-    }
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------

t/ProfileField.t

@@ -17,19 +17,23 @@ use FindBin;
 use strict;
 use lib "$FindBin::Bin/lib";
 use Test::More;
+use Data::Dumper;
 use WebGUI::Test; # Must use this before any other WebGUI modules
 use WebGUI::Session;
+use WebGUI::Form::Text;
+use WebGUI::Form::HTMLArea;
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Init
 my $session         = WebGUI::Test->session;
 
 my $newUser         = WebGUI::User->create( $session );
+WebGUI::Test->usersToDelete($newUser);
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tests
 
-plan tests => 17;        # Increment this number for each test you create
+plan tests => 20;        # Increment this number for each test you create
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test the creation of ProfileField
@@ -66,19 +70,42 @@ like( $ff, qr/value="$ffvalue"[^>]+selected/, 'html returned contains value, uiL
 $ff         = undef;
 $ffvalue    = undef;
 ok( $ff = $aliasField->formField(undef, undef, $newUser), 'formField method returns something, alias field, defaulted user' );
-my $ffvalue = $newUser->profileField('alias');
+$ffvalue = $newUser->profileField('alias');
 like( $ff, qr/$ffvalue/, 'html returned contains value, alias field, defaulted user' );
 
 $ff         = undef;
 $ffvalue    = undef;
 ok( $ff = $uilevelField->formField(undef, undef, $newUser), 'formField method returns something, uiLevel field, defaulted user' );
-my $ffvalue = $newUser->profileField('uiLevel');
+$ffvalue = $newUser->profileField('uiLevel');
 like( $ff, qr/$ffvalue/, 'html returned contains value, uiLevel field, defaulted user' );
 
+#########################################################
+#
+# set, changing fieldTypes
+#
+#########################################################
+
+my $newProfileField = WebGUI::ProfileField->create($session, 'testField', {
+    fieldType => 'Text',
+    label     => 'Test Field',
+});
+
+my $textFieldType = lc WebGUI::Form::Text->getDatabaseFieldType();
+my $htmlFieldType = lc WebGUI::Form::HTMLArea->getDatabaseFieldType();
+
+my $fieldSpec = $session->db->quickHashRef('describe userProfileData testField');
+is (lc $fieldSpec->{Type}, $textFieldType, 'test field created with correct type for text field');
+
+$newProfileField->set({ fieldType => 'HTMLArea' });
+is($newProfileField->get('fieldType'), 'HTMLArea', 'test field updated to HTMLArea');
+
+$fieldSpec = $session->db->quickHashRef('describe userProfileData testField');
+is (lc $fieldSpec->{Type}, $htmlFieldType, 'database updated along with profile field object');
+
 #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Cleanup
 END {
-    $newUser->delete;
+    $newProfileField->delete;
 }