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Strange response using Contact API
March 01, 2010, 10:42:13 pm
Hi Folks, I saw that a similar bug had been fixed in 3.1.2, but I upgraded to 3.1.3 and unfortunately it didn't seem to help.

I'm calling civicrm_contact_add with params like this:

Array
(
    [email] => Fail7@shming.com
    [postal_code] => 90292
    [postal_code_suffix] => 6003
    [first_name] => Fail7
    [last_name] => Failered
    [custom_37] => Maybe
    [custom_34] => THIS IS MY ONE
    [custom_35] => THIS IS MY TWO
    [custom_12] => Dees Eeez My FOOOR
    [custom_19] => Yes
    [contact_id] => 2842
    [contact_type] => Individual
)

And I'm getting this error for the result:

Invalid Custom Field Contact Type: Individual

Also I got the same error when calling civicrm_location_get.

Strangely, things seem be working anyways. 

Suggestions?

Thanks a log!

James Saxon

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Re: Strange response using Contact API
March 01, 2010, 11:57:43 pm
I'm assuming the custom fields are correct and set to work with Individuals ?

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Re: Strange response using Contact API
March 02, 2010, 02:41:18 am
Xavier's suggestion would be my first check too.....make sure that the custom fields are all correct and can be used with an individual. Let us know how that looks :-)
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ijames

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Re: Strange response using Contact API
March 02, 2010, 09:22:03 am
Thanks for the response. 

I had observed that some of these fields were originally type Individual but have now switched to type Contact.  The way I'm seeing this is that in the Custom Data Groupings, I'm seeing a group that shows Used For: "Individuals" for some of the data, and another group showing "All Contact Types".

So that sounds like it's causing a problem?

The strange thing is the fields appear to be correctly being set even though I'm receiving an error message.   

Do I split the civicrm_contact_add into two calls, one for Individual and one for Contact or...?

Thanks for the replies!

James

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Re: Strange response using Contact API
March 02, 2010, 11:24:54 pm
It is almost like once you start using array elements in parms for custom fields it treats everything after as custom fields.....have you checked that? A long shot and very unlikely but worth a try?
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Re: Strange response using Contact API
April 28, 2010, 08:21:17 am
This is the issue as far as I can tell on 3.1.4 :
http://issues.civicrm.org/jira/browse/CRM-6163

Although if somebody as a different idea let me know!
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