Title: Append Rather Than Overwrite?
Last modified: June 7, 2024

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# Append Rather Than Overwrite?

 *  [greenejc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenejc/)
 * (@greenejc)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/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.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fappend-rather-than-overwrite%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/append-rather-than-overwrite/#post-17810190)
 * 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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 * Last reply from: [xnau webdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/append-rather-than-overwrite/#post-17810190)
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