https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: A way to autoincrement the number field? en Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:49:16 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1485 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:59:04 +0000 yuniar 1485@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>sure, mail me when version 2 is released. I'll show you how. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1480 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:35:05 +0000 haizlid 1480@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Yes, I suppose I mean the corresponding 'form id' as seen in the id# field of the manage entries screen.</p> <p>I suppose I could read up on how to go about this - but if it's especially simple, would you mind sharing how I might do this?</p> <p>thank you. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1479 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:18:05 +0000 yuniar 1479@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>you mean form id or session id?</p> <p>either way, yes you can display it on your form. it's a simple hack. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1478 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:15:44 +0000 haizlid 1478@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Would there also be a way to have the session id number appear on the form? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1472 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:17:09 +0000 yuniar 1472@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>So you would like to redirect from one form to another form?<br /> Shouldn't be a problem, the redirect url can be any URL you like. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1465 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:10:42 +0000 haizlid 1465@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>And also (and maybe I've missed this somewhere) but the technique I've used to link to the form is copying / pasting the url generated by clicking 'view form' from the admin area.</p> <p>The only thing about this is that the link will always point to the id I've copied/pasted; for example:</p> <p><a href="http://localhost/machform/view.php?id=2" rel="nofollow">http://localhost/machform/view.php?id=2</a> (id is 2 in this case, obviously)</p> <p>Will this cause a problem when I'm using this as the redirect url in the 'successful submission' element? (I want to use this as the redirect url, by the way, because I'm using MachForm as a help-ticket scheme and I'd like for the enduser to have the option of successive submissions of tickets).</p> <p>thanks </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1460 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:36:28 +0000 haizlid 1460@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Well that sounds terrific - one more request then please: Is it possible to somehow show that id number on the form?</p> <p>thanks </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1459 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:21:48 +0000 yuniar 1459@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Actually, if you checked directly into your mysql table, those ids aren't being renumbered. Only the display in machform entries section is being renumbered.</p> <p>I suggest to wait for version 2, next week. It will use the unique autoincremented number from the table. So it won't be renumbered when you delete some of the entries. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1458 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:14:09 +0000 haizlid 1458@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>yes, but the only problem with that is if an entry is deleted then all the id's are renumbered. So if you're trying to keep track of an entry by id - over time (after various entry deletions) the entries will no longer correspond to their original id. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1451 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:01:01 +0000 yuniar 1451@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hmm.. this sounds simple, but it requires pretty much code changes.<br /> I suggest to just use the "id" column on your table. The "id" is already auto-incremented. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/a-way-to-autoincrement-the-number-field#post-1444 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:48:57 +0000 haizlid 1444@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>One of the elements or fields available on the form is number. Is there a way to automatically have this number auto-incremented +1 every time the form is accessed?</p> <p>Thank you. </p>