UpdatiString Combine Field

  • richardhopkins

    (@richardhopkins)


    1 year, 1 month ago

    If I have a string combine, eg full_name = [last_name], [first_name]
    The question is – in what circumstances is the full_name updated
    I undersatnd that if there is a page with PDB_record having fields=”…last_name, first_name, full_name…” then a submit there results in update to full_name, but not if full_name is omitted
    However for this scenario –
    Page1 has PDB_record with last_name, first_name but not full_name
    Page 2 has: PDB_record with full_name, but neither last_name nor first_name
    An update on Page 1 does not update full_name
    A submit on Page 2 does update full_name
    What is peculiar is that it seems that just (re-) loading Page 2 sometimes does an update on full_name and sometimes not – I have not managed to work out the circumstances when it does not. What should be the behaviour for that situation?
    —–
    While I am here – is there any prospect of a form of PDB_total with a field name (numeric valued) to yield the summation of the values of that field for the selected records (or even multiple field names)

    Thanks again for a brilliant plug-in

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  • Plugin Author rolandbarker

    (@rolandbarker)

    1 year, 1 month ago

    The behavior for updating the content of a string combine field is that it is hooked into any update to the record, doesn’t matter which fields are getting updated, it checks for any changes that would affect the content of the string combine field and updates the string combine field accordingly.

    This happens after the updates are saved if the string combine field is not part of the submission (the plugin code does not allow a field that is not part of the submission to be added to the update for security reasons), so there could be a slight delay in when that change appears in that circumstance.

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