G'day
In part the question was based on a misunderstanding which I have now overcome.
I thought that all the columns of the database table had to be present in the
form as form fields. This meant that I had to pre-fill values for the key
fields. This indeed has the difficulties that you raise.
G'day
In part the question was based on a misunderstanding which I have now overcome.
I thought that all the columns of the database table had to be present in the
form as form fields. But that is not the case. So any column whose value I know
ahead of time I don't present on the form - I just
On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Ian wrote:
> G'day
>
> Short form: how do I pre-fill a form field with the dynamic value of the
> next free database key
>
> Is your customer demanding that the database ids end up without
any gaps? If so, try to work hard to dissuade your customer. Database
ids s
How do you determine which next key is available? If two users open
the form at the same time will they see the same key? If so, then you
need to handle errors from concurrent form submissions with the same
key. Which means for one of these concurrent requests you will have to
issue a different key
