From 52b47f2fe657c7ffb8de9613a8b42cf5870dc922 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sks444 <krishnasingh.ss30@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:17:26 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Save empty string if message is None

---
 hypha/apply/api/v1/determination/serializers.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/hypha/apply/api/v1/determination/serializers.py b/hypha/apply/api/v1/determination/serializers.py
index ad5a124b1..26cdaf958 100644
--- a/hypha/apply/api/v1/determination/serializers.py
+++ b/hypha/apply/api/v1/determination/serializers.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class SubmissionDeterminationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             self.validated_data[instance.send_notice_field.id]
             if instance.send_notice_field else True
         )
-        instance.message = self.validated_data[instance.message_field.id]
+        message = self.validated_data[instance.message_field.id]
+        instance.message = '' if message is None else message
         try:
             instance.outcome = int(self.validated_data[instance.determination_field.id])
             # Need to catch KeyError as outcome field would not exist in case of edit.
-- 
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