Is it possible to ensure that a user does not enter data into a form that is identical to data someone else entered?

I have a field in one of my forms that needs to be unique to the user. They are entering in a name that cannot match someone else’s name. Is there a tool (maybe on the Airtable side) that can immediately alert the user if they’ve entered a word that is already “taken” by another user?

The user would need to have submitted the form for any processing in Airtable to begin. You asked for an immediate alert, so would post-submission be too late?

Yea, too late.

Is there no field I could add on Softr side where it would offer real-time validation? It does this for email when you sign up, right (bc it tells you if you already have an account)? I’d like a Softr-side field that offers real-time validation – would be a massive help with something I’m working on. Also solves Softr’s issue of not being able to customize the profile URLs with a custom slashtag (I’d simply use Zapier to send the real-time validated URL slashtag to Rebrandly, or something like that, then redirect it to their Softr profile URL).

Hi Nikfry,

I know they have this feature in their sights but I am also missing it on the roadmap. Just keep making noise about it until they add it. In the meantime, you can solve it with some javascript but (@matthieu_chateau correct me if I don’t understand this incorrectly), trying to make an API call with your own Database in the custom script to validate might cause quite a danger for a datasavy guy to gain access to your DB aswell. You could put in a feature request.