From 60958efeed3eccbaa3e4fe499b06d680da8c71cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: flynsarmy <flynsarmy@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:29:10 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Set number fields to null if no value entered

---
 modules/backend/widgets/Form.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php b/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
index e2a2362bf..f52b5371f 100644
--- a/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
+++ b/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
@@ -706,7 +706,9 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
             $columnParts = Str::evalHtmlArray($field->columnName);
             $columnDotted = implode('.', $columnParts);
             $columnValue = array_get($data, $columnDotted, 0);
-            if ($field->type == 'number') $columnValue = (float) $columnValue;
+            if ($field->type == 'number') {
+                $columnValue = !strlen(trim($columnValue)) ? NULL : (float) $columnValue;
+            }
             array_set($data, $columnDotted, $columnValue);
         }