[Bug]: Unable to edit db transforms with invalid connection name

[enricomariam42]

Apache Hop version?

2.4.0

Java version?

openjdk 11.0.9.1 2020-11-04 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.9.1+1-post-Uos-1deb10u2) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.9.1+1-post-Uos-1deb10u2, mixed mode, sharing)

Operating system

Linux

What happened?

1. delete a metadata connection
2. try to open a table input which uses the deleted connection

You got an error (only the first time) like

RuntimeException: Unable to load database with name 'R230' from the metadata. Please verify that the case of the connection name is correct because that could be an issue!
Root cause: RuntimeException: Unable to load database with name 'R230' from the metadata. Please verify that the case of the connection name is correct because that could be an issue!

and you can not edit the transform.

Issue Priority

Priority: 3

Issue Component

Component: Metadata, Component: Transforms