add contact: disable last name "required"?

[caxy]

I am trying to figure out how to make it so that last name is not a required filed for creating a new contact. In the studio, it seems like you can choose which fields you want required but for last name I do not see an option to disable this.

Does anyone know how to change this?

See screen below for a picture of one of the areas that show Last name as required.

[JVWay]

Something has to be required. Last name is the only thing required in Contact. Did you want to add something else as required in place of last name? I supposed you could add a new field and make it required but the last name is probably a non-null value in the database and you'd have to change that. This would not be recommended and certainly not upgrade safe.

[caxy]

Yeah I realize that it is not a good practice by any means but it is what the client asked for.


Are you saying that this could be accomplished by simply altering the DB? Or will I need to modify something in the sugar code? (besides the actual template which shows the red * )

[JVWay]

While I'm not sure, I would bet that there is something in the code. Otherwise it would be depending on an error from SQL saying you can't insert a null value. It's probably a setting of 0 or 1. I would try making a custom field and marking it required. Then check out the effect in the custom module section of the code.

[caxy]

As it turns out, I was looking in the wrong spot.

For people looking to do this:

You need to change the defs in sidecreateviewdefs.php in the meta folder for Contacts.

    array('name'=>'last_name',
            'displayParams'=>array('required'=>false, 'size'=>20),
      ), 
  

Set required = false to remove the requirement, likewise, you could add required = true to other fields to make them required. Also, note * is automatically removed by doing this.