Index: /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/t/update/ignore_if_empty.yml
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--- /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/t/update/ignore_if_empty.yml	(revision 0)
+++ /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/t/update/ignore_if_empty.yml	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+  model_config:
+    resultset: User
+  elements:
+    - type: Password
+      name: name
+      model_config:
+        ignore_if_empty: 1
\ No newline at end of file
Index: /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/t/update/ignore_if_empty.t
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--- /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/t/update/ignore_if_empty.t	(revision 0)
+++ /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/t/update/ignore_if_empty.t	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 7;
+
+use HTML::FormFu;
+use lib 't/lib';
+use DBICTestLib 'new_db';
+use MySchema;
+
+new_db();
+
+my $form = HTML::FormFu->new;
+
+$form->load_config_file('t/update/ignore_if_empty.yml');
+
+my $schema = MySchema->connect('dbi:SQLite:dbname=t/test.db');
+
+my $rs = $schema->resultset('User')->create({
+    master => 1,
+    name => "foo",
+    title => 'bar'
+});
+
+is($rs->name, "foo");
+
+$form->process({ name => 'test' });
+
+$form->model->update($rs);
+
+$rs->discard_changes;
+
+is($rs->name, "test");
+
+$form->process({ name => undef });
+
+$form->model->update($rs);
+
+$rs->discard_changes;
+
+is($rs->name, "test");
+
+$form->process({ name => 0 });
+
+$form->model->update($rs);
+
+$rs->discard_changes;
+
+is($rs->name, "0");
+
+$form->process({ name => " " });
+
+$form->model->update($rs);
+
+$rs->discard_changes;
+
+is($rs->name, " ");

 
Index: /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/DBIC.pm
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--- /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/DBIC.pm	(revision 1411)
+++ /Users/mo/Documents/workspace/HTML-FormFu-Model-DBIC/lib/HTML/FormFu/Model/DBIC.pm	(working copy)
@@ -706,6 +706,8 @@
         next if not defined $accessor;
         
         my $value = $form->param_value( $field->nested_name );
+        
+        next if ($config->{ignore_if_empty} && (!defined $value || $value eq "" ));
 
         my ($pk) = $dbic->result_source->primary_columns;