On Mar 26, 2011, at 18:40, euromark wrote:

> I encountered this problem several times with some batch imports or
> multiple form boxes saved together.
> 
> You have a validation rule "isUnique" for the title.
> If you validate all your - lets say 15 - records, they are OK, even if
> two of them have the same name.
> Thats because the validation can only compare the 15 records to the
> current db content, not to each other.

If the title is supposed to be unique, put a UNIQUE index on the title column 
in the database. That will prevent duplicates from being inserted. Though it 
won't necessarily help you get a user-friendly error message, if that's what 
you're after.



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