Basic HTML Text Format on Field for a Content Type will not change.

By Rewted on 3 Mar 2017 at 20:30 UTC

Trying to change the Text Format on a Field for a Content Type will not change from Basic HTML. Once saved, it reverts back to Basic HTML. Can this not be changed after creation?

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VM commented 3 March 2017 at 20:37

Yes this can be changed in a default install. a dev of a clean install helps sort out these types of questions. Doesn't sound like the database is properly updating the change.

Well, this is a Content Type

Rewted commented 3 March 2017 at 20:41

Well, this is a Content Type which was part of a D6 to D8 migration. Any suggestions on how to address the issue?

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VM commented 3 March 2017 at 21:15

I'd review the known issues listed under text formats @ https://www.drupal.org/docs/8/upgrade/known-issues-when-upgrading-from-d... to see if your issue relates.

Good idea. I did see the format_null issue after import, but do not recall if it affected the Text Format I want to use now. One suggested solution is to change to another input format. This suffers the same problems as the previous point, but that would require me modifying 100+ articles each with at least 10 of these fields, by hand! :(

Perhaps I'll just leave things as is.

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VM commented 4 March 2017 at 04:48

but that would require me modifying 100+ articles each with at least 10 of these fields, by hand!

I'd write a query to adjust directly in the DB.

Yikes. I don't feel

Rewted commented 4 March 2017 at 06:19

Yikes. I don't feel comfortable doing that, don't know much about DB manipulation.

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VM commented 4 March 2017 at 06:33

seems like a perfect time to learn on a back up of the DB.

So I found it field (field

Rewted commented 14 March 2017 at 20:23

So I found the field (field_car_format) in the DB with current value "NULL". Can I simply do this?

update `node__field_car` set field_car_format ='text_plain';

Or, can I just delete the field_car_format all together and the Text format will default to Plain Text as nothing would be assigned?

Modified to full_html

Rewted commented 2 April 2017 at 20:13

I've modified all occurrences for the field within the Database. When using Drupal 8.2.7 GUI to manage this field, changing from Basic to Full HTML, it still reverts back. Any other suggestions?