Answers.Body: <p>How do you import? Via csv upload?</p>
  
  <p>If your import scenario is complex by any means I would strongly recommend to make use of the api. This approach helps you to get control over all aspects of field mapping.</p>
  
  <p>Yours // nielo</p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2015-11-25T07:16:12.380Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2015-11-25T07:16:12.380Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: nielo
Answers.Body: <p>Since the default language is set in the db (but i am having trouble finding that in the UI) you could set it so there is no default. </p>
  
  <p>in the db look for civicrm_option_value</p>
  
  <p>filter for option_group_id = 75, find the one set to is_default = 1 and set it to 0</p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2017-10-30T02:59:46.677Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2017-10-30T02:59:46.677Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
Answers.Body: <p>I know it is a very old remark but you better could first look up the good option_group_id bij selecting it in option_group with name = 'languages'. </p>
  
  <p>I don't believe this is working this way. With no inherit CMS-language (and single lingual) I get the default language is English - VS with on the screen 'Languages, Currency, Locations' the Default Language : Nederlands. </p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2019-11-14T15:08:25.157Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2019-11-14T17:46:26.257Z
Answers.LastEditDate: 2019-11-14T17:46:26.257Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: HanV
Body: <p>we are in the process of setting up CiviCRM and we are importing a lot of records from a previous CRM. when we do the import, the preferred language defaults to english.  how do we get this to be a null value unless we import a value?</p>
  
  <p>Same question for email format, email greeting, postal greeting and addressee.  All are showing a default value. Null would be more accurate.</p>
  
Tags: <import><default-settings>
Title: Default values for Preferred language, email format, email greeting, postal greeting and addressee
ThreadText: # Default values for Preferred language, email format, email greeting, postal greeting and addressee
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-11-21)
  
  we are in the process of setting up CiviCRM and we are importing a lot of records from a previous CRM. when we do the import, the preferred language defaults to english. how do we get this to be a null value unless we import a value?
  
  Same question for email format, email greeting, postal greeting and addressee. All are showing a default value. Null would be more accurate.
  
  **Tags:** import, default-settings
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-11-25. Score: 1
  
  How do you import? Via csv upload?
  
  If your import scenario is complex by any means I would strongly recommend to make use of the api. This approach helps you to get control over all aspects of field mapping.
  
  Yours // username_1
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-10-30. Score: 0
  
  Since the default language is set in the db (but i am having trouble finding that in the UI) you could set it so there is no default.
  
  in the db look for civicrm\_option\_value
  
  filter for option\_group\_id = 75, find the one set to is\_default = 1 and set it to 0
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2019-11-14. Score: 0
  
  I know it is a very old remark but you better could first look up the good option\_group\_id bij selecting it in option\_group with name = 'languages'.
  
  I don't believe this is working this way. With no inherit CMS-language (and single lingual) I get the default language is English - VS with on the screen 'Languages, Currency, Locations' the Default Language : Nederlands.
  
  
  ---
  
  