PSPP-BUG: [bug #39252] Changing variable type in GUI clears data

[Ben Pfaff]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39252>

                 Summary: Changing variable type in GUI clears data
                 Project: PSPP
            Submitted by: blp
            Submitted on: Thu Jun 13 23:51:29 2013
                Category: Graphical User Interface
                Severity: 5 - Average
                  Status: Confirmed
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: None
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

dr soumalya ray <address@hidden> reported on pspp-users:

> in PSPP changing the variable type from, say numeric to string or
vice-versa, will delete the whole variable. 
> 
> 
> steps:
>       1. launch psppire
>       2. create 2 variables- var1 and var2
>       3. change variable type of var2 to "string"
>       4. enter some data under var1 and var2 (say, 1,2,3,4,5 etc)
>       5. now, again go to the variable view
>       6. change the variable type from "numeric" to "string" for var1
>       7. go to the data view
>       8. all entry under var1 is deleted
>       9. for var2, variable type could be changed from "string" to "numeric" 
> and
it will result in the same thing- loss of all data under var2.
>       10. the output in the terminal - "(psppire:28002): 
> LIBDBUSMENU-GLIB-WARNING
**: Trying to remove a child that doesn't believe we're it's parent."





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