From 171da9f6c303e8c78b5faeaf1460c5ef5fc89034 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oluwatobi Awe <oluwatobi.awe@live.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 23:58:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] checked for empty string in competency description update

---
 DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs b/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs
index b3db22260f..7c0990d305 100644
--- a/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs
+++ b/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs
@@ -1063,7 +1063,10 @@ public void UpdateFrameworkCompetency(int frameworkCompetencyId, string name, st
                 );
                 return;
             }
-
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(description))
+            {
+                description = null;
+            }
             //DO WE NEED SOMETHING IN HERE TO CHECK WHETHER IT IS USED ELSEWHERE AND WARN THE USER?
             var numberOfAffectedRows = connection.Execute(
                 @"UPDATE Competencies SET Name = @name, Description = @description, UpdatedByAdminID = @adminId

From db35a7a3f963ab39b53599ee930e2b6bacfaa39b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oluwatobi Awe <oluwatobi.awe@live.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:15:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Trimming Competency Description.

---
 DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs b/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs
index 7c0990d305..5eb8bc52af 100644
--- a/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs
+++ b/DigitalLearningSolutions.Data/Services/FrameworkService.cs
@@ -1063,6 +1063,7 @@ public void UpdateFrameworkCompetency(int frameworkCompetencyId, string name, st
                 );
                 return;
             }
+            description?.Trim();
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(description))
             {
                 description = null;