Title: Duplicate Record Check Field
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Duplicate Record Check Field

 *  Resolved [Billmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billmel/)
 * (@billmel)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-record-check-field/)
 * I have so far set the Duplicate Record Check Field to “id” in order to make sure
   that any imports I do update an existing record rather than add a new one; works
   great. Now that I’m done importing, I have changed the field to “email” so that
   if someone new signs up, they will have to provide a unique email address. This
   hasn’t worked though; whether I add a new signup or edit an existing one and 
   change the email to an already existing email, the signup/update still succeeds.
   Bug?
 * Mahalo,
 * Bill
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 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-record-check-field/#post-4688564)
 * If you are making these changes in the backend, they are not validated. This 
   is to allow admins to break the rules if they want. On the frontend, the validation
   rules are enforced for all users.
 *  Thread Starter [Billmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billmel/)
 * (@billmel)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-record-check-field/#post-4688591)
 * I have a record with my email in the database. I have set the Duplicate Record
   Check field to “email”. I then go to a pdb_signup page, and enter a bogus first
   and last name, and the same email I already have in the database. Upon doing 
   this, the existing record in the database goes away, and the new record replaces
   it.
 * Let me know if you need to take a look at my database.
 * Bill
 *  Plugin Author [Roland Barker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xnau/)
 * (@xnau)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-record-check-field/#post-4688704)
 * There is nothing wrong, it’s doing what you have it set to do. Check the “Duplicate
   Record Preference” setting.
 *  Thread Starter [Billmel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billmel/)
 * (@billmel)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-record-check-field/#post-4688709)
 * That’s the problem; I needed to set it to return an error. Doh!

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-record-check-field/#post-4688709)
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