From dffcbc4d0c7370492ff976dae5f21bd06a621bc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zsloan
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 19:13:19 +0000
Subject: Checked if pre_publication_description is NULL, because there was an
 error resulting from a trait missing both pre_publication_description and
 pubmed ID

---
 wqflask/base/trait.py | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'wqflask/base')

diff --git a/wqflask/base/trait.py b/wqflask/base/trait.py
index 41e2603c..df96d46e 100644
--- a/wqflask/base/trait.py
+++ b/wqflask/base/trait.py
@@ -516,10 +516,11 @@ def retrieve_trait_info(trait, dataset, get_qtl_info=False):
             # If the dataset is confidential and the user has access to confidential
             # phenotype traits, then display the pre-publication description instead
             # of the post-publication description
-            trait.description_display = ""
+            trait.description_display = "N/A"
             if not trait.pubmed_id:
                 trait.abbreviation = trait.pre_publication_abbreviation
-                trait.description_display = trait.pre_publication_description
+                if trait.pre_publication_description:
+                    trait.description_display = trait.pre_publication_description
             else:
                 trait.abbreviation = trait.post_publication_abbreviation
                 if description:
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