Delete a form that uses an Express Entity Object and the Express Object gets deleted too
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I've been playing around with Express today in version 8.3.2.
After creating an object, adding some forms to it, adding some attributes, etc. I then go to the front end of the website. I then add a Form Block, I choose Express Entity Form and then place on the page. It looks great! Trouble is, if I delete that form block the entire Express object and all the work I did setting it up is completely deleted in the dashboard - completely! This doesn't seem like this would be expected behavior.
Am I missing something?
After creating an object, adding some forms to it, adding some attributes, etc. I then go to the front end of the website. I then add a Form Block, I choose Express Entity Form and then place on the page. It looks great! Trouble is, if I delete that form block the entire Express object and all the work I did setting it up is completely deleted in the dashboard - completely! This doesn't seem like this would be expected behavior.
Am I missing something?
Okay so this might be me just not testing enough :/ It appears that if you add some actual data the Express object is not deleted. If no data exists, then the Express object is deleted.
I ran into this same problem. I had a page that had a form. I duplicated that page a few times and realized oh they were all tied to the same form (or so it seemed). I removed the form from the page(s) and then added new forms.
When I goto the data objects there are a bunch of the "forms/entities" there that aren't being used anywhere. Not a huge problem - but a mess and confusing. Ideas on how to get rid of the unused ones - they are tied to forms but the forms aren't associated with any page.
When I goto the data objects there are a bunch of the "forms/entities" there that aren't being used anywhere. Not a huge problem - but a mess and confusing. Ideas on how to get rid of the unused ones - they are tied to forms but the forms aren't associated with any page.
Hey!
I just had this same issue- I logged in today to find an express object I created yesterday completely missing.
The only thing I did was to check it with a form and then deleted the form. I guess based on what you are saying, that action somehow deleted the object?
This is kind of weird considering I cant actually find a way to delete any objects let alone have one get deleted by accident somehow.
I just had this same issue- I logged in today to find an express object I created yesterday completely missing.
The only thing I did was to check it with a form and then deleted the form. I guess based on what you are saying, that action somehow deleted the object?
This is kind of weird considering I cant actually find a way to delete any objects let alone have one get deleted by accident somehow.
Yup!
Confirmed it- created a new form, added an express object that was developed with no entries,
when I deleted the form off the page the object dissappeared.
I need to solve this before I can move forward at all so anyone who can assit Id be grateful.
Thanks
Confirmed it- created a new form, added an express object that was developed with no entries,
when I deleted the form off the page the object dissappeared.
I need to solve this before I can move forward at all so anyone who can assit Id be grateful.
Thanks
I dont have a backup of the db for yesterday and the my client entered tons of entries and now on removing the form block it deleted the whole express data object. with out a mysql back up can i get that back? This is going to cost me much for loosing this data in this fashion. please help
