to_date throws error if there is no date

[arrk-shoba]

Hi,
Thanks for adding date in accepted params.

There is an issue with the same. If we pass correct date, it works correctly. However, if there is no date data in the SOAP request, to_date validation error is thrown. We can possibly check, if data is nil, we need not do to_date.

[arrk-shoba]

This is an issue especially if the date is not a mandatory element in the SOAP request.

[dhinus]

I had a very similar issue, and fixed it with this patch:
cayenne-digital/wash_out@8b3f90d

I would like to do more research before opening a pull request, because I'm not sure this is the "right way" (is there anything "right" in SOAP actually?) but check if it does solve your problem.

[dhinus]

sorry, your problem is in the request while mine was in the response, so my patch is useless in your case... but i think wash_out is not handling nil values correctly in both directions.

we should probably check the "xs:nil" attribute in the request, does your client append it when the date field is empty?