Append Rather Than Overwrite?

  • OK, so what I want is for the administrator to be able to add a new record via this form on this page. That part works fine. But later, I’d like them to just be able to stick in the ‘Masonic ID’ field and then add dates for module completion. I’d like that info to be appended to the current record. Right now, it overwrites the record, which means they have to put in all the user’s details (name, email, etc) or it all gets overwritten. That’s obviously not ideal.

    Sorry, this is my first attempt at databases or this plugin. I’m sure there’s a simple answer, but I can’t find it by searching.

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  • Plugin Author xnau webdesign

    (@xnau)

    If you want to use the signup form to perform updates (you’re calling this “append”) you can do that, you need to configure it in the plugin settings under the “Signup Form” tab. Set the “Duplicate Record Check Field” to your ID field, then set the “Duplicate Record Preference” to Overwrite.

    You may want to consider putting this on a separate page with a different shortcode so you can avoid showing fields that don’t need to be filled in.

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