public static void UpdateNewValue(bool needsDbUpdate,
string uriPattern, string attName, string attValue,
string dataType, string stepNumber, XElement toElement,
IDictionary <string, string> updates)
{
string sNewAttValue = string.Empty;
//if the attribute doesn't exist in toElement, don't add it (don't add join fields to base docs)
//this is safe because the toElement was generated from a db schema
if (toElement.Attribute(attName) != null)
{
sNewAttValue = attValue;
string sOldAttValue = EditHelpers.XmlLinq.GetAttributeValue(toElement, attName);
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(sNewAttValue) == false)
{
if (sNewAttValue.Equals(sOldAttValue) == false)
{
//don't allow formatting-only changes to numbers (schemas ignore anyway)
sNewAttValue = AddInHelper.NoFormattingOnly(
sNewAttValue, sOldAttValue, dataType);
if (sNewAttValue != string.Empty)
{
EditHelpers.XmlLinq.SetAttributeValue(toElement,
attName, sNewAttValue);
}
}
else
{
sNewAttValue = string.Empty;
}
}
else
{
sNewAttValue = string.Empty;
}
}
if (needsDbUpdate)
{
AddInHelper.AddToDbList(uriPattern, attName, sNewAttValue,
dataType, stepNumber, updates);
}
}