Problem with 2.4.0

[John Ralls]

On Dec 19, 2010, at 1:34 PM, Phil Longstaff wrote:

> I've run into an issue with 2.4.0.  'make check' doesn't pass.  The dbi tests 
> don't pass with the mysql backend.  The reconcile date doesn't match.  When I 
> look at the splits table, the reconcile_date field has 'CURRENT_DATE' as the 
> default and 'on update, use CURRENT_DATE' as well.  Therefore, storing a null 
> date and reloading doesn't return a null date which would represent a split not 
> having been reconciled.
> 
> In any case, if the 'on update, use CURRENT_DATE' means that if the split record 
> is ever changed, the reconcile date is changed, that is just wrong.  I haven't 
> looked at the log to figure out why it is there.
> 

Interesting problem. Turned out to be default behavior in MySql. Fixed in r19964.

Regards,
John Ralls