Hi there,

I have a VF page with a table of fields on it that allows me to create mulitple custom objects at once. In a custom controller I iterate over the custom objects, set some more stuff on them, add them to a list and then call insert() on that list. Every other field on the object is saved except for the DateTime fields. Another page on which I create these objects one by one works. The unit test for by controller also works, which sets up thenew object instance programmatically.

Is this a known issue or a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Here's a cut-down version of the VF page:

<apex:page controller="AddLineItems" tabStyle="Opportunity" id="line_items_page" sidebar="false"> <apex:sectionHeader title="Add Line Items to Opportunity" /> <apex:messages /> <apex:form id="line_items_form"> <div id="ins"></div> <apex:dataTable value="{!LineItems}" var="lic" id="line_items_table" border="0" cellPadding="2" cellSpacing="2"> <apex:column > <apex:facet name="header">Start Time</apex:facet> <apex:inputField value="{!lic.Start_Time__c}" id="start_time"/> </apex:column> <apex:column > <apex:facet name="header">End Time</apex:facet> <apex:inputField value="{!lic.End_Time__c}" id="end_time" /> </apex:column> </apex:dataTable> <apex:commandButton value="Save" action="{!saveLineItems}"/> <apex:commandButton value="Cancel" onclick="window.history.back();"/> </apex:form> </apex:page>

 and here's the controller:

public class AddLineItems { private Id opportunityId; private static final Map<String, Schema.RecordTypeInfo> opportunityTypeMap = Opportunity.SObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypeInfosByName(); public static final Id subContractTypeId = opportunityTypeMap.get('Sub-Contract').RecordTypeId; private List<Line_Item__c> lineItems = new Line_Item__c[] { new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c(), new Line_Item__c()}; public AddLineItems() { this.opportunityId = ApexPages.currentPage().getParameters().get('opportunity_id'); System.assert(this.opportunityId != null, 'AddLineItems controller requires an opportunity_id' + ' parameter on the query string.'); } public Line_Item__c[] getLineItems() { return this.lineItems; } public PageReference cancelLineItems() { PageReference ref = new PageReference('/' + this.opportunityId); ref.setRedirect(true); return ref; } // 1 SOQL, 1 DML public PageReference saveLineItems() { Opportunity opp = [ SELECT RecordTypeId, Master_Contract__c FROM Opportunity WHERE Id = :this.opportunityId]; List<Line_Item__c> lineItemsToInsert = new List<Line_Item__c>(); for (Line_Item__c lineItem : this.lineItems) { // The type will be null for a row in the table that's not filled out if (lineItem.Line_Item_Type__c == null) continue; lineItem.Opportunity__c = this.opportunityId; if (opp.RecordTypeId == subContractTypeId) { lineItem.Block_Booking_Master__c = opp.Master_Contract__c; } // System.assert(false, '################### start time: ' + lineItem.Start_Time__c); lineItemsToInsert.add(lineItem); } insert lineItemsToInsert; PageReference ref = new PageReference('/' + this.opportunityId); ref.setRedirect(true); return ref; } public static testMethod void canSaveSevenLineItems() { Program__c program = new Program__c(Name = 'Test Program'); insert program; Opportunity opp = new Opportunity( RecordTypeId = subContractTypeId, Name = 'Test Opp', StageName = 'New', CloseDate = Date.today()); insert opp; Test.setCurrentPageReference(new PageReference('Page.AddLineItems')); System.currentPageReference().getParameters().put('opportunity_id', opp.Id); DateTime now = DateTime.now(); AddLineItems controller = new AddLineItems(); List<Line_Item__c> lineItems = controller.getLineItems(); Integer i = 0; for (Line_Item__c lineItem : lineItems) { i++; // Leave the last one blank if (i == 8) continue; lineItem.Program__c = program.Id; lineItem.Line_Item_Type__c = 'Performance'; lineItem.Fee_Charged__c = 1.00; lineItem.Start_Time__c = now; lineItem.End_Time__c = now; lineItem.MSAC_Allowable_Amount__c = i; lineItem.Audience_Age__c = i.format(); lineItem.Audience_Size__c = i; } controller.saveLineItems(); List<Line_Item__c> lineItemsAfterSave = [ SELECT Id, Program__c, Line_Item_Type__c, Fee_Charged__c, Start_Time__c, End_Time__c, MSAC_Allowable_Amount__c, Audience_Age__c, Audience_Size__c FROM Line_Item__c WHERE Program__c = :program.Id]; System.assertEquals(7, lineItemsAfterSave.size()); i = 0; for (Line_Item__c lineItem : lineItemsAfterSave) { i++; System.assertEquals(program.Id, lineItem.Program__c); System.assertEquals('Performance', lineItem.Line_Item_Type__c); System.assertEquals(1.00, lineItem.Fee_Charged__c); System.assertEquals(now, lineItem.Start_Time__c); System.assertEquals(now, lineItem.End_Time__c); System.assertEquals(i, lineItem.MSAC_Allowable_Amount__c); System.assertEquals(i.format(), lineItem.Audience_Age__c); System.assertEquals(i, lineItem.Audience_Size__c); } } }

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Eliot Stock