Feature Request - allow container positions to accept decimal dimensions

[Jegelewicz]

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When creating positions in a container, I enter the following:

position length = 2.79
position width = 2.79
position height = 7.5

and what saves is

position length = 2
position width = 2
position height = 7

NOT useful when the containers in these positions have the following dimensions

length = 2.69
width = 2.69
height = 7

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Faithfully record dimensions of stuff

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Allow decimals at least to two places in position dimensions. Especially since the numbers I have are conversions from inches - trying to fudge everything so that the containers will fit into positions and the box will fit into the cabinet is a huge drain on my time/energy. If I could just record the actual measurements, life would be so much simpler....

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Make up stuff so that things will work.

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See also ArctosDB/dev#39

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[dustymc]

How do I re-create?

[Jegelewicz]

Set up a container with positions then assign position width 2.79. Save and then go back to the position (via the edit thing in the parent container) and see that the width is "2". I know it is 2 because my child container with width of 2.69 won't fit in there.

[Jegelewicz]

[dustymc]

Thanks. That's a bug (I think from recent postgres upgrades) and it involves both back and front end - there's no way I can patch it in the middle of a development cycle, I'll get it in next release, perhaps that should be expedited....

[Jegelewicz]

I can fudge things to keep moving - but it really isn't ideal. I will let you know if it becomes a real roadblock.

[dustymc]

Positions are by design very difficult to change - please don't do anything that isn't correct.

And I'm more worried about others surprising themselves with giant messes - maybe I should just shut the form off??

[Jegelewicz]

maybe I should just shut the form off

That is a hard NO - I bet MSB is using this on the daily and I need it for setting up OGL NOW (and for their freezer boxes it doesn't matter as positions in them are standard as 1,1,4). I'll hold off on the weird boxes where I noticed this for now.