add com_taxa_synonym as an allowed table for species writeHandler

backend/src/services/locality.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import Prisma from '../../prisma/generated/now_test_client'
 import { AccessError } from '../middlewares/authorizer'
 import { fixBigInt } from '../utils/common'
 import { logDb, nowDb } from '../utils/db'
-import { logger } from '../utils/logger'
 import { getReferenceDetails } from './reference'
 
 const getIdsOfUsersProjects = async (user: User) => {
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ export const filterDuplicateLocalitySpecies = async (
       return !(localityDetailsSpeciesIds.includes(localitySpecies.species_id) && localitySpecies.rowState === 'new')
     }
     // if localitySpecies doesn't have species_id (i.e. it was created with the "add new species" button in Species tab),
-    // it will never be filtered out. However, once the taxonomy check for the "add new species" button is working,
+    // it will never be filtered out. However, due to the taxonomy check for the "add new species" button,
     // it should not let the user create a duplicate species in this way.
     return true
   })

backend/src/services/write/locality.ts

@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ export const writeLocality = async (
   try {
     await writeHandler.start()
 
-    const filteredLocality = await filterDuplicateLocalitySpecies(locality, user)
-    if (updateOrAdd === 'update' && filteredLocality) {
-      locality.now_ls = filteredLocality
+    const filteredLocalities = await filterDuplicateLocalitySpecies(locality, user)
+    if (updateOrAdd === 'update' && filteredLocalities && filteredLocalities.length > 0) {
+      locality.now_ls = filteredLocalities
     }
 
     if (updateOrAdd === 'add') {

backend/src/services/write/species.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const getSpeciesWriteHandler = (type: ActionType) => {
     dbName: NOW_DB_NAME,
     table: 'com_species',
     idColumn: 'species_id',
-    allowedColumns: getFieldsOfTables(['com_species', 'now_ls', 'now_sau', 'now_lau']),
+    allowedColumns: getFieldsOfTables(['com_species', 'now_ls', 'now_sau', 'now_lau', 'com_taxa_synonym']),
     type,
   })
 }