Title: Problems adding and editing Fields
Last modified: October 20, 2022

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# Problems adding and editing Fields

 *  [mdhills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdhills/)
 * (@mdhills)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/)
 * I am having a number of problems adding or editing fields
 * Firstly if I add a new field I am getting a duplicate field with the name “pdbdt_proxy_post_id”
 * I am also having difficulties editing existing fields where the edits are not
   being updated

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 *  Thread Starter [mdhills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdhills/)
 * (@mdhills)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16118922)
 * Update. – viewing the tables in phpmyadmin shows the new groups in the participants_database_groups
   table, all with id=0 and order = 3. none of the new fields are showing in the
   participants_database_fields table. I could send a screenshot if that helps, 
   but don’t think I can do that here
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16119559)
 * That sounds like the data in the groups table is corrupted…I mean it shouldn’t
   even be possible to have two entries with the same ID, since that is the primary
   column.
 * That would prevent the fields from getting updated probably.
 * I would suggest you try to repair the groups table. First take a backup of your
   database just in case. Make a note of the group “name” column values, then deleting
   the groups you created (Don’t delete the admin and internal groups). Open the
   Manage Database Fields page and recreate the groups you deleted from the database
   using the exact same name. You can edit the titles once the groups have been 
   created.
 * You can email me at [support@xnau.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/support@xnau.com?output_format=md)
   if you want to send screenshots.
 *  Thread Starter [mdhills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdhills/)
 * (@mdhills)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16119852)
 * Thanks, It would appear that the indexes and auto_increments have been corrupted.
   I have managed to reinstate properly (I think) in the database_groups table, 
   but am struggling in the database and database_fields tables.
 * Could you advise me which fields in these tables need to be indexed, and which
   are primary please.
 * Is there anywhere else I should be looking?
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16119973)
 * Here is a snapshot of the corrrect structure of the wp_participants_database_groups
   table:
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/xnau.com/proto/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-
   10-20-at-10.02.34-AM.png?ssl=1)
 *  Thread Starter [mdhills](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdhills/)
 * (@mdhills)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16120024)
 * Thanks very much – that seems to have done the trick. Could you please confirm
   the indexes I should have in the other two tables please
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16123143)
 * These are the index configurations.
 * wp_participants_database_fields:
 * wp_participants_database:
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/).

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-adding-and-editing-fields/#post-16123143)
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