Changing field type without losing data

• zigzagad

• October 3, 2014 at 10:44 pm

If I change a field from a type of ‘number’ to ‘text’ will the existing data saved in that field be retained?

• John Huebner

• October 4, 2014 at 11:20 pm

Yes, just tried it on a testing site.

• zigzagad

• October 6, 2014 at 7:14 pm

Thank you! I’ll take a dump of the database and give it a try.

• zigzagad

• October 6, 2014 at 8:06 pm

Yes, it worked perfectly, thank you again