how to coerce string to RecordID

[grimace]

I have a Vertex ( Data ) that has a tags field ( LINKLIST ) which I'm storing as recordIDs - in string format like this:

tags : [
    "#306:2",
    "#305:1"
]

When I update the Data Vertex I get an exception:

`The field 'Data.tags' has been declared as LINKLIST but the value is not a record or a record-id\r\n\tDB

I really don't want to expand and replace the Vertices before saving the record to the DB. Is there a way to coerce these to @RIDs?

[wolf4ood]

Hi @grimace

how are you updating the vertex ?

Thanks

[grimace]

I'm using orientjs: in this, article contains a number of fields, there are 2 linklist fields:

    content - has a list of RIDs for other Articles
    tags       - has a list of RIDs for Tags

    res.locals.db.update(rid)
          .set(article)
          .one()
          .then(update => {
              console.log("Article updated - setting OwnsContent : "+rid+" , "+repo_id);
              // let resultRid = update['@rid'];
              res.locals.db.create("EDGE", "OwnsContent", "UPSERT")
                .from(repo_id).to(rid)
                .one()
                .then(edge => {
                      console.log('created edge to repo : '+edge);
                      // article['@rid'] = rid;
                      cb(article);
                  }).catch(err => {
                    console.log('creating edge to repo failed for : '+rid);
                  });
          })
          .catch(err => {
            console.log("Article update failed:", err);
            error(err);
          });