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Posted 07 Apr 2002 08:52:53
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07 Apr 2002 08:52:53 nigel smith posted:
i am using the insert record behaviour - but get an error in if the user tries to add a record which already exists (field is primary key) - how do i trap this error and make more user friendly ?

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Replied 07 Apr 2002 19:43:11
07 Apr 2002 19:43:11 Dave Clarke replied:
The problem could be that you cannot have duplicates entries in a primary key field, the whole point of a primary key is that it is unique, the database uses it to indentify individual records.
hope that helps

Dave

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i am using the insert record behaviour - but get an error in if the user tries to add a record which already exists (field is primary key) - how do i trap this error and make more user friendly ?
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Replied 07 Apr 2002 21:18:09
07 Apr 2002 21:18:09 nigel smith replied:
thanks dave ... but i realise that ... and i accept that trying to insert a duplicate will cause an error .... but how do i return a "user friendly" error message to report the problem .... i'm sure that this can be done and is probably fairly simple ... but how ... i guess that on submission of the form i compare the contents of the formfield to be inserted (to see if it exists) ... and if it does then re-direct to friendly error page .... can anybody help ??
Replied 07 Apr 2002 21:48:03
07 Apr 2002 21:48:03 Dave Clarke replied:
Sorry Nigel, lol

I imagine there will be a ready made behaviour out there somewhere to do that but I haven't got one and have no idea how you would do it.
Sorry

Dave

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thanks dave ... but i realise that ... and i accept that trying to insert a duplicate will cause an error .... but how do i return a "user friendly" error message to report the problem .... i'm sure that this can be done and is probably fairly simple ... but how ... i guess that on submission of the form i compare the contents of the formfield to be inserted (to see if it exists) ... and if it does then re-direct to friendly error page .... can anybody help ??
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