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Current behavior: PatField Events do not trigger when a PatFieldValue is cleared or otherwise set to an empty string. At least one char must be in the field in order for an event to trigger.

Desired behavior: PatField Events trigger anytime New PatFieldValue != Old PatFieldValue.

I haven't fully tested the other events; however, Patient Events do appear to trigger if the FName or LName are cleared.

Entering an empty string value for a PatField in the Open Dental program results in the deletion of that row. Subscriptions work by querying the database for items in the table (eg patfields) that have changed since the last batch of events are sent. Specifically for the patfield table, the query grabs rows where the SecDateTEdit is greater than the subscription.DateTimeStart. Because deleted items are no longer in the table, they are not returned in this dataset.

Okay, thanks. Please consider this a request for a PatFields Delete Event API.

Thank you!