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EOMDevelepors's avatar
EOMDevelepors
Qrew Captain
7 years ago

Refresh time before editing record with current time using the now() method.

Can anyone help me with refreshing the time before editing a record via url formula with current time being posted to end date/time field. Here is my current code: If(IsNull([End Date/Time] ...
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ScottMarks's avatar
ScottMarks
Qrew Member
7 years ago
You could always have your API call redirect to ANOTHER API call that then modifies the end time with Now().  That way, no matter how long someone is on the page, the Now() is always called on the second half and is always "up to date".

//First section of your API call that changes record values n such, Now() is not included in this part..
URLRoot()&"db/"&Dbid()&"?a=API_EditRecord&rid="&[Record ID#]&"&apptoken=xxxxxxx&<DO YOUR STUFF HERE FIRST>
//Second section which executes the NOW() function, which has been "refreshed" in a second api call.
&"&rdr="&URLRoot()&"db/"&Dbid()&"?a=API_EditRecord&rid="&[Record ID#]&"&apptoken=xxxxxxx&_fid_19=Now()
QuickBaseCoachD's avatar
QuickBaseCoachD
Qrew Captain
7 years ago
Scott, that won't work.
  
If you did that formula and exposed the code, you would see that it is all resolved into a text string URL and the second Now() is immediately populated.

I'm still liking the Action method, myself.  Trigger an Action to do the update if you really need the Now() time.