From c4c65bbaebbe4636bf2b61b68b31b83810838317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Igor Kulikov <ikulikov@thingsboard.io>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:59:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Entity Data Query -> use emptu string instead of null for
 latest values

---
 .../thingsboard/server/dao/sql/query/EntityDataAdapter.java   | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/query/EntityDataAdapter.java b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/query/EntityDataAdapter.java
index b9e1f1e790..c7ab5f122e 100644
--- a/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/query/EntityDataAdapter.java
+++ b/dao/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/dao/sql/query/EntityDataAdapter.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class EntityDataAdapter {
                 String strValue;
                 long ts;
                 if (entityKey.getType().equals(EntityKeyType.ENTITY_FIELD)) {
-                    strValue = value != null ? value.toString() : null;
+                    strValue = value != null ? value.toString() : "";
                     ts = System.currentTimeMillis();
                 } else {
                     strValue = convertValue(value);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class EntityDataAdapter {
             }
             return strVal;
         } else {
-            return null;
+            return "";
         }
     }