Find Issues returns an error when users select an option from only the parent level of a custom field

When you have a customer field that has a parent level and a child level, meaning a dropdown list that is generated by the parent field selected, you must select one option from the child dropdown in a search. If you select only the parent level and leave "any" as the child option in a search, it returns the following error:

System Error
A system error has occurred.

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a description of your problem
cut & paste the error and system information found below
attach the application server log file (file:d:\apps\Tomcat 5.5\atlassian-jira.log )

Cause:
java.lang.NullPointerException

Stack Trace: [hide]

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.CascadingSelectCFType.validateFromParams(CascadingSelectCFType.java:89)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.searchers.AbstractCustomFieldSearcher.validateParams(AbstractCustomFieldSearcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.searchers.AbstractCustomFieldSearcher.validateParams(AbstractCustomFieldSearcher.java:58)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.issue.IssueNavigator.populateAndValidate(IssueNavigator.java:243)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.action.issue.IssueNavigator.doExecute(IssueNavigator.java:120)
at webwork.action.ActionSupport.execute(ActionSupport.java:153)
at com.atlassian.jira.action.JiraActionSupport.execute(JiraActionSupport.java:58)
at webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher.executeAction(GenericDispatcher.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.dispatcher.JiraServletDispatcher.service(JiraServletDispatcher.java:185)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:252)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.AccessLogFilter.doFilter(AccessLogFilter.java:51)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:119)
at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:55)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.SitemeshExcludePathFilter.doFilter(SitemeshExcludePathFilter.java:38)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:182)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:177)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.util.profiling.filters.ProfilingFilter.doFilter(ProfilingFilter.java:132)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ProfilingAndErrorFilter.doFilter(ProfilingAndErrorFilter.java:25)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter.doFilter(ActionCleanupDelayFilter.java:39)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter.doFilter(JohnsonFilter.java:91)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter.doFilter(GzipFilter.java:72)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriteFilter.doFilter(UrlRewriteFilter.java:298)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractEncodingFilter.doFilter(AbstractEncodingFilter.java:37)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:202)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:173)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:178)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:126)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:105)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:107)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:148)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:833)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:639)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:1285)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)

Referer URL: http://support.novuscg.com/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?

Build Information:
Uptime: N/A
Edition: Enterprise
Version: 3.6.2
Build Number: 156
Atlassian Partner: null

Server Information:
Application Server: Apache Tomcat/5.5.17
Servlet Version: 2.4

File Paths:
Location of entityengine.xml: file:/D:/apps/Tomcat%205.5/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/classes/entityengine.xml
Location of atlassian-jira.log: file:d:\apps\Tomcat 5.5\atlassian-jira.log

Memory Information:
Total Memory: 253 MB
Free Memory: 95 MB
Used Memory: 158 MB

System Information:
System Date: Tuesday, 05 Dec 2006
System Time: 17:17:57
Current Working Directory: d:\apps\Tomcat 5.5
Java Version: 1.5.0_06
Java Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
JVM Version: 1.0
JVM Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
JVM Implementation Version: 1.5.0_06-b05
Java Runtime: Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM
User Name: SYSTEM
User Timezone: America/New_York
User Locale: English (United States)
System Encoding: Cp1252
Operating System: Windows 2000 5.0
OS Architecture: x86
Application Server Container:
Database type: mysql
Database JNDI address: java:comp/env/jdbc/JiraDS
Database version: 5.0.22-community-nt
Database driver: MySQL-AB JDBC Driver mysql-connector-java-3.1.12 ( $Date: 2005-11-17 15:53:48 +0100 (Thu, 17 Nov 2005) $, $Revision$ )

Request Information:
Request URL: http://support.novuscg.com/500page.jsp

• Scheme: http
• Server: support.novuscg.com
• Port: 80
• URI: /500page.jsp
• - Context Path:
• - Servlet Path: /500page.jsp
• - Path Info: null
• - Query String:
  Request Attributes:
• javax.servlet.forward.request_uri : /secure/IssueNavigator.jspa
• javax.servlet.forward.context_path :
• javax.servlet.forward.servlet_path : /secure/IssueNavigator.jspa
• javax.servlet.forward.path_info : /500page.jsp
• javax.servlet.error.message :
• javax.servlet.error.exception : javax.servlet.ServletException
• os_securityfilter_already_filtered : true
• com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.ActionCleanupDelayFilter : true
• com.atlassian.johnson.filters.JohnsonFilter_already_filtered : true
• javax.servlet.error.request_uri : /secure/IssueNavigator.jspa
• jira.webwork.generic.dispatcher : webwork.dispatcher.GenericDispatcher@44c249
• javax.servlet.error.status_code : 500
• _sitemesh_filterapplied : true
• jira.webwork.cleanup : false
• javax.servlet.error.servlet_name : action
• com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.gzip.GzipFilter_already_filtered : true
• atlassian.core.seraph.original.url : /secure/IssueNavigator.jspa
• loginfilter.already.filtered : true
• webwork.result : Value stack =========== ===========

Request Logging:
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