# No option for "create...sometimes" in form submit button?

**URL:** https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421
**Category:** Get Help
**Created:** [April 24, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421 "2022-04-24T21:10:16Z")
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### Author: ![MikesClub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/mikesclub/32/12754_2.png) [@MikesClub](https://forum.adalo.com/u/MikesClub)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421/1 "2022-04-24T21:10:16Z")

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I’m using a simple form to create items in a collection.

I want to add the condition: “If item doesn’t already exist”. I know how to do that if I use text fields and a regular button with the “create” action (instead of using a form), but the submit button on forms doesn’t seem to offer conditional options.

Am I missing something? Or is this just not available in forms?

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### Author: ![JL\_LJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@JL\_LJ](https://forum.adalo.com/u/JL_LJ)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421/2 "2022-04-24T21:18:44Z")

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Hi @MikesClub ,  
The Form is always associated to a collection and by default when you add a “Create Action” it will always create the record whilst the input text fields have multiple purposes, thus having the conditionals.

In the end using input text fields is just like a form but a custom one, in my opinion you have more power than using a regular form.

But this could be an additional feature to forms, create if record does not exist (We could choose a field in the form to compare the existing record) and updating if the record already exists (This would remove also necessity of updating fields only when they come from a screen to another via for example a list).

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### Author: ![MikesClub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/mikesclub/32/12754_2.png) [@MikesClub](https://forum.adalo.com/u/MikesClub)
#### Post date: [April 24, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421/3 "2022-04-24T21:32:45Z")

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Thanks for your quick answer. I agree, it seems like “create if record does not exist” should be a standard feature in the form.

Your answer is helpful. I think I’ll just always build my own forms from now on, using input fields.

Thanks!

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### Author: ![Flawless](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/flawless/32/20131_2.png) [@Flawless](https://forum.adalo.com/u/Flawless)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421/4 "2022-04-25T13:04:05Z")

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To expand on @JL_LJ’s reply

Example:

 ![Screen Shot 2022-04-25 at 7.03.32 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/adalo/original/3X/6/1/6163075b5a86f0bf9d4bf6b298ba3f04de7de5e4.png)

In this example, a user cannot create 2 pets with the same name as the pet name already exists.

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### Author: ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.adalo.com/system/32/40401_2.png) [@system](https://forum.adalo.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.adalo.com/t/no-option-for-create-sometimes-in-form-submit-button/26421/5 "2022-05-05T13:04:44Z")

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