[Koha-bugs] [Bug 36159] New: Patron imports record a change for non-text columns that are not in the import file

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=36159

            Bug ID: 36159
           Summary: Patron imports record a change for non-text columns
                    that are not in the import file
 Change sponsored?: ---
           Product: Koha
           Version: master
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5 - low
         Component: Tools
          Assignee: koha-bugs at lists.koha-community.org
          Reporter: nick at bywatersolutions.com
        QA Contact: testopia at bugs.koha-community.org

When importing patrons we assume a default of '' for borrower columns not
supplied in the file.

When saving we compare the new object we built to the one form the database -
for columns are that are not text type we get undef from the db and '' in the
object we make. This means we see a difference and log into the BorrowersLog:

   "date_renewed" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "dateofbirth" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "debarred" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "flags" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "gonenoaddress" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "lost" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "password_expiration_date" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   },
   "sms_provider_id" : {
      "after" : "",
      "before" : null
   }
}


This can mean a lot of useless logging in sites that do automated imports

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