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  Public Ticket #3459021
Can a form pull data from a table?
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  • sofia started the conversation

    Hey,

    I know i can create a table based on form entries, but what about the other way around?

    I mean, i want to create a form with several selective options (checkboxes) and i'd like to pull those options from a table or database dynamically. And it would be great to also be able to conditionally display those options too.

    Thanks,

  •  1,894
    Miloš replied

    Hi sofia,

    Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delayed response as we have been experiencing an unusually high number of tickets. I am sorry that it has taken longer than usual to respond to your concern and your patience is highly appreciated.

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    We do not have any Form Plugin of our own yet.

    We have a Plan to develop our own Form Plugin and to integrate it with wpDataTables,

    but i don't have any ETA when that might be finished.

    Even when we finish our own Form Plugin, i am not sure if something like that use case will be possible,

    even though it is a very nice idea - to get the options for a selectbox/checkbox for a Form be pulled from a Database Table.

    -

    You can check with the support of some Form Plugins if their Forms can be populated for selectbox/checkbox in that way from any SQL Table and see if that is possible.

    For example, if you create a Manual Table from our Plugin ( that is only available in our Premium wpDataTables version),

    this will create a new 'stand alone' Table in your SQL database, with its own set of columns and rows;

    So then you will be able to pull data from our Manual Table easily with SQL Queries.

    -

    If you get any Form Plugin working to pull data from a Database Table like that,

    then yes - you can make a Manual Table with our Plugin, set any possible values you need,

    and then pull them in your Form,

    but as i said - this is only in Theory, and as we do not develop any Form Plugins, we are not able to confirm if that is currently possible.

    And i just wanted to point out that you can try wpDataTables before purchasing

     on our sandbox Demo sites ( you can find links for the main plugin Demo,  

    as well as add-on Demos, in my signature),

    and there is a 15-day money-back guarantee period, 

    so if you purchase the plugin, you can safely fully test it out, and if it doesn't fit your needs you can request and receive a refund in that period. ( same goes for all plugins and add-ons)

    Let me know if you have any additional questions. smile.png

    Kind Regards, 

    Miloš Jovanović
    [email protected]

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