Index: includes/cck.admin.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/cck/includes/cck.admin.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -p -r1.18 cck.admin.inc
--- includes/cck.admin.inc	5 Jun 2009 19:25:08 -0000	1.18
+++ includes/cck.admin.inc	14 Jun 2009 05:52:11 -0000
@@ -961,6 +961,9 @@ function cck_field_settings_form_submit(
 /**
  * The Field API doesn't allow field updates,
  * so we create a method here to update field if no data is created yet.
+ *
+ * @see
+ *   field_create_field()
  */
 function cck_field_update_field($field) {
 
@@ -969,6 +972,9 @@ function cck_field_update_field($field) 
 
   $defaults = field_info_field_settings($field['type']);
   $field['settings'] = array_merge($defaults, (array) $field['settings']);
+  $data = $field;
+  unset($data['columns'], $data['field_name'], $data['type'], $data['locked'], $data['module'], $data['active'], $data['deleted']);
+  $field['data'] = $data;
 
   drupal_write_record('field_config', $field, array('field_name'));