Ensure unique on updates

packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/rowAction.spec.ts

@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
         }
       )
     })
+
+    it("can reuse row action names between different tables", async () => {
+      const otherTable = await config.api.table.save(
+        setup.structures.basicTable()
+      )
+
+      const action = await createRowAction(tableId, createRowActionRequest())
+
+      await createRowAction(otherTable._id!, { name: action.name })
+    })
   })
 
   describe("find", () => {
@@ -328,6 +338,23 @@ describe("/rowsActions", () => {
         { status: 400 }
       )
     })
+
+    it("can not use existing row action names (for the same table)", async () => {
+      const action1 = await createRowAction(tableId, createRowActionRequest())
+      const action2 = await createRowAction(tableId, createRowActionRequest())
+
+      await config.api.rowAction.update(
+        tableId,
+        action1.id,
+        { name: action2.name },
+        {
+          status: 409,
+          body: {
+            message: "A row action with the same name already exists.",
+          },
+        }
+      )
+    })
   })
 
   describe("delete", () => {

packages/server/src/sdk/app/rowActions.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ import {
   VirtualDocumentType,
 } from "@budibase/types"
 
-function ensureUnique(doc: TableRowActions, newName: string) {
+function ensureUniqueAndThrow(
+  doc: TableRowActions,
+  name: string,
+  existingRowActionId?: string
+) {
   if (
-    Object.values(doc.actions).find(
-      a => a.name.toLowerCase() === newName.toLowerCase()
+    Object.entries(doc.actions).find(
+      ([id, a]) =>
+        a.name.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase() &&
+        id !== existingRowActionId
     )
   ) {
     throw new HTTPError("A row action with the same name already exists.", 409)
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ export async function create(tableId: string, rowAction: { name: string }) {
     doc = { _id: rowActionsId, actions: {} }
   }
 
-  ensureUnique(doc, action.name)
+  ensureUniqueAndThrow(doc, action.name)
 
   const newId = `${VirtualDocumentType.ROW_ACTION}${SEPARATOR}${utils.newid()}`
   doc.actions[newId] = action
@@ -72,6 +78,9 @@ export async function update(
       400
     )
   }
+
+  ensureUniqueAndThrow(actionsDoc, action.name, rowActionId)
+
   actionsDoc.actions[rowActionId] = action
 
   const db = context.getAppDB()