From ae2f980135da1cb3c8c67df3e7538ca397641699 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 22:18:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only force unique columns to be unique when they aren't empty
 (otherwise, use required to ensure the column is empty)

---
 app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php
index 227c4e1..e49a7b1 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/DashboardController.php
@@ -218,11 +218,13 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller {
                 return 'required:' . implode(',', $empty);
             }
 
-            // check to ensure unique columns are unique
+            // check to ensure unique columns are unique when they aren't empty
             $not_unique = [];
 
             foreach ($model_class::$dashboard_columns as $column) {
-                if ($request->has($column['name']) && array_key_exists('unique', $column) && $column['unique'] && $model_class::where($column['name'], $request[$column['name']])->where('id', '!=', $item->id)->exists()) {
+                $column_name = $column['name'];
+
+                if ($request->has($column['name']) && $request->$column_name != '' && array_key_exists('unique', $column) && $column['unique'] && $model_class::where($column['name'], $request[$column['name']])->where('id', '!=', $item->id)->exists()) {
                     if (array_key_exists('title', $column)) {
                         array_push($not_unique, "'" . $column['title'] . "'");
                     } else {