how to question: Make the edit record page allow for saving

[generatedname]

Is there an easy way (or a way at all) to add a button to the edit record form that would actually save the changes as a new record in the table? Seems like it should be possible but my brain isn't working with me today.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Kurtis

[shannah]

Currently there is no such feature. You could do this with a beforeSave() trigger but it would require a little bit of PHP coding.

-Steve

[generatedname]

Thanks for the response Steve. Maybe it can be used as a suggestion for future versions then, instead of a how-to

Thats ok though, I can work around it, no big deal. I wont be the only one entering data into the database so I was hoping to make it easier for others.

-Kurtis

[moj0rising]

Is there a way to copy existing records? We're trying to think of some way to make it less cumbersome for the people doing data entry. There will be quite a few groups of records in the database that have very similar information in them.

Thanks!

Mike

[shannah]

Hi Mike,

Good feature suggestion but it is not yet available.Ê When I need to do things like this, I have generally just created a custom action for the application.Ê This is because with relational database applications even copying records may not be so straight forward.Ê Often people want to make a copy that doesn't retain some relationships but does retain other relationships.
Nonetheless... good feature idea.
-Steve

[cookie720]

sorry to revive a 5 year old thread, I have a new thread about this, but I am wondering is this feature available now? basically merging together the edit function with the insert new function?

[shannah]

This feature is still not available. You could copy the record, and then edit it.