Number field on custom content type working inconsistently amongst items

Question

In a document library, I've included a field of type 'Number' in my custom content type.

At a particular point in my solution I increment this field by 1.

On certain items it will work, on certain items, the field in question isn't incremented.

By 'work', I mean I'm checking this field's value in the 'View Properties' dialog.

It's important to note that on the items it works for - I've noticed that the field has a value of 0 prior to incrementing it. On the items it doesn't work for, the value of the field is empty.

What I've Tried

• I've removed and re-added the custom field to the content type through the UI several times.

This is a document library by the way, all of the documents I've looked at are of the same content type, same filetype, and are all approved. I can't seem to isolate the problem any further.

Answer 1

Have you seen the log if it throws any error while trying to increment or just 'does not work', kindly check. And what if you set default value as 0 for the particular field? My guess is when it's empty or null and you try to increment the field then it's throwing null reference exception, so maybe initializing the field to 0 resolve the issue. Let me know if it works