I feel like this is a stupid question, but if I’m adding a column to my users’ table where I want them to fill in something about themselves, their employer for example, do I need to set that column as user specific? Or is it already, by default, user specific since the user would need to be logged …

Yeah, your question is totally valid, there’s no need for you to make it user-specific, in that scenario as the row can only be seen by the user.

Thank you! I’m feeling really stupid right now, but I’m trying to set up a form to collect data for users to add to their already created user profile, so I want to use the edit data action, so that it writes the data into the user’s row instead of adding a new row to the user table, but I’m now su…

You should be using the Show Edit Screen action to open an edit form. It appears that you are opening a detail or new screen with a form container component embedded inside of it. A form container is only for adding rows, as well as a form screen. Make sure you are using the Show Edit Screen acti…

oooh, ok. Sorry, you might have seen that I also opened a new topic post to more specifically ask my question, and I put in a screen recording because I didn’t want this part of my question to get lost. [Glide Forms]

So, I should not be using a form component container is what you’re saying, correct?

But then I need a component to attach the action to, yes? What component should I be using to attach the “show edit screen” to?

I’ll close this and continue in the new thread so the conversation doesn’t get split up. [image] Forms & Writing Data Ask for Help EDIT - Sorry, I have two posts going on this question now. I didn’t want this specific question to get lost. I’m trying to collect user data…

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Jeff_Hager October 3, 2024, 3:37pm 9

I’ll close this and continue in the new thread so the conversation doesn’t get split up.

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