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How to Pass a Null Value to a Date Type Field using the Imaging API (Doc ID 2714073.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle WebCenter Content: Imaging - Version 12.2.1.4.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

Getting error 'Value does not match the field datatype' when passing null value to date type field.

Customer is using the Imaging API to update metadata field values of documents that are already present in Imaging. In one scenario, the requirement is to update a document's date field value to null when there is a preexisting valid date value.

The two following lines of code both failed in testing:

Solution

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