0005040: non-required custom field zero length validation

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update
0005040	mantisbt	custom fields	public	2004-12-22 22:39	2008-07-15 04:37

Reporter	elros	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	acknowledged	Resolution	open
Product Version	0.19.2

Summary	0005040: non-required custom field zero length validation
Description	For custom string fields with a minimum length greater than zero that aren't required, a length of zero should not be considered invalid. In 0.19.2 even though I define these fields as not required, they actually are required because if you leave them blank (and the length is therefore zero), the minimum length validation fails.
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guideweb 2005-01-11 18:12 reporter ~0008954 Last edited: 2005-01-11 18:16	if custom strings didint have a length of (0) they should have Min. Length

elros 2005-01-11 18:29 reporter ~0008955	In my case the non-required custom field is "Group ID", and Group IDs are always five characters long. I would like to set the minimum and maximum lengths to five, but I can't due to the Description above.

guideweb 2005-01-11 19:22 reporter ~0008960	Ok , it make sens

atomoid 2005-08-25 18:01 reporter ~0011296	I think this is probably the same bug i'm encountering. If i set the "min. length" value in the "manage_custom_field_edit_page.php" result to zero, then i do not get the following error anymore: APPLICATION ERROR 0001303 Invalid value for field Please use the "Back" button in your web browser to return to the previous