Auto Numbering Possible?

c21davek said 1 year, 1 month ago:

If I create an input form where people can enter information, is it possible for easy database to autonumber them (such as put 1 for the first 2 for the second so on and so on) so the user doesn’t have to?

steves said 1 year, 1 month ago:

@c21davek

I am not too sure on this one, however we can check with a developer for an answer. It sounds like you wish for a text area on a form to auto number and users are putting in information. Could you clarify if that is correct, and if not provide further details on how you wish the form to behave? Thanks.

-Steve

c21davek said 1 year, 1 month ago:

You are 100% right here. I am looking for a field which will auto number in the order entered as users are putting in information. Thanks for your help!

DS said 1 year, 1 month ago:

Hello c21davek,

I put in a request to add that feature in the future. We have been talking about doing this and timestamps, so hopefully we will be able to add it sometime soon.

I’ll post back here when it has been added.

DS

3278 said 1 year ago:

What’s the status ? You really can’t run any transactional widgets without simple time stamps.

3278 said 1 year ago:

You should get more developers on this, your customers have business to run and you need to get easy database updated. I am sure I’m not the only one that requires sequential number for order and account numbers or other ID’s

Auto number and time stamps are such primitive database functions… you really dont have a dbms without them…. please get on the resources in line to make you application worth using

Gary A said 1 year ago:

@3278

I have reached out to our developers for an update on this. If we have any updates on this we will post back on this thread.

-Gary

DS said 1 year ago:

Hi @3278,

I talked with our developers and they are looking into providing time stamps and unique auto-keying for IDs right now. I will make sure to respond back here when the feature becomes available.

DS

DS said 11 months, 3 weeks ago:

We have added the hidden timestamps and unique id’s. Here’s an article that explains it:

http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/7633/adding-hidden-fields-in-a-data-entry-widget-in-easy-database-for-websites

Let me know if this has been a good solution.

DS

c21davek said 11 months, 3 weeks ago:

It’s great to see added features – unfortunately I was hoping for a simple unique ID if I am creating lists such as the first entry would be labeled 1, the second would be labeled 2, the third would be labeled 3 etc etc so that you can easily see what number you are at. I have a few people entering into my databases to keep a running track of entries for a month and the numbering gets messed up as things are entered by more than one person.

DS said 11 months, 3 weeks ago:

@c21davek,

Could you use the timestamp feature to get an idea of what order the entries were placed? There are some complexities that did not allow us to add an auto-incrementing numeric system you have described. You should be able to track monthly orders by date.

Let me know if that helps,

DS

3278 said 11 months ago:

I have tested this and it works only for generate HEX Transaction ID’s.

My requirement like @c21davek and others is still not met…. I need Numerical auto numbering that would be used for sequential order numbers. I also need the solution to allow me to configure the number range for each field