Hidden profile field value lost on edit

[JohnA]

I've got a hidden profile field (_via_invite) with a Fallback value of "No".

Obviously, I set this to "Yes" if the profile is via an invite, invited like this: -

email, title, forename, surname, company, _via_invite
=================================================
joe@bloggs,com,Mr,Joe,Bloggs,ACME Co Ltd.,Yes

This worked fine, the invite was clicked on and the subscriber added. However, the user has since gone into his profile and changed the company name (there's obviously been a takeover in the meantime)...but now his details in "View Membership" in admin is missing the _via_invite field which was initially set.

As a hidden field this _via_invite field isn't displayed on public subscription forms, as it should be, but it seems it's also being blanked on updates. Is this intentional?

Obviously, since this contact originated from an invite I'd like to be able to keep that information for the life of the contact in the datatabase without it being overwritten whenever a profile is updated...

[justin]

I'll add an issue about this:

https://github.com/justingit/dada-mail/issues/278

and try to fix it for the next release.