id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
13179,Saving a custom post type with post_parent resets to zero,mikeschinkel,,"If you set post_parent in code for a custom post type and then edit the child if resets the post_parent to zero.

Use-case: I have a custom post type of ""store"" and another of ""location.""  I have a meta box that allows me to add locations on the store edit page and I set the location's post_parent to the post_ID of the store.  All works fine until I go to edit a location that has a post_parent set save it will wipe the post parent and thus create an orphan.

(fyi, my locations do not have page-attributes so setting the parent is impossible from the location edit UI anyway.)

While this is not ""supported"" behavior yet I'd think that saving it should not overwrite a value already set. I went through the code and I'm not sure how to correct this. It seems that edit ignores what's in the database and only goes with what is in $_POST. As such, it might be a significant modification. 

Something to consider?",defect (bug),closed,normal,3.1,Post Types,3.0,normal,fixed,has-patch,mikeschinkel@… kevinB