WIP - update records fixes

backend/src/models/base.model.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,38 @@
-import { Model, ModelOptions, QueryContext, snakeCaseMappers } from 'objection';
+import { Model, ModelOptions, QueryContext } from 'objection';
 
 export class BaseModel extends Model {
-  static columnNameMappers = snakeCaseMappers();
+  /**
+   * Use a minimal column mapper: keep property names as-is, but handle
+   * timestamp fields that are stored as created_at/updated_at in the DB.
+   */
+  static columnNameMappers = {
+    parse(dbRow: Record<string, any>) {
+      const mapped: Record<string, any> = {};
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(dbRow || {})) {
+        if (key === 'created_at') {
+          mapped.createdAt = value;
+        } else if (key === 'updated_at') {
+          mapped.updatedAt = value;
+        } else {
+          mapped[key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+      return mapped;
+    },
+    format(model: Record<string, any>) {
+      const mapped: Record<string, any> = {};
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(model || {})) {
+        if (key === 'createdAt') {
+          mapped.created_at = value;
+        } else if (key === 'updatedAt') {
+          mapped.updated_at = value;
+        } else {
+          mapped[key] = value;
+        }
+      }
+      return mapped;
+    },
+  };
 
   id: string;
   createdAt: Date;

backend/src/object/models/dynamic-model.factory.ts

@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ export class DynamicModelFactory {
    * Convert a field definition to JSON schema property
    */
   private static fieldToJsonSchema(field: FieldDefinition): Record<string, any> {
+    const baseSchema = () => {
       switch (field.type.toUpperCase()) {
       case 'TEXT':
       case 'STRING':
@@ -226,6 +227,18 @@ export class DynamicModelFactory {
       default:
           return { type: 'string' };
       }
+    };
+
+    const schema = baseSchema();
+
+    // Allow null for non-required fields so optional strings/numbers don't fail validation
+    if (!field.isRequired) {
+      return {
+        anyOf: [schema, { type: 'null' }],
+      };
+    }
+
+    return schema;
   }
 
   /**

backend/src/object/object.service.ts

@@ -1179,7 +1179,8 @@ export class ObjectService {
       objectApiName,
       editableData,
     );
-    await boundModel.query().where({ id: recordId }).update(normalizedEditableData);
+    // Use patch to avoid validating or overwriting fields that aren't present in the edit view
+    await boundModel.query().patch(normalizedEditableData).where({ id: recordId });
     const record = await boundModel.query().where({ id: recordId }).first();
     await this.indexRecord(resolvedTenantId, objectApiName, objectDefModel.fields, record);
     return record;