https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database Gravity Support Forums Topic: Disable Submit Button writing to Database en-US Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:29:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database#post-28927 Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:37:01 +0000 vixvii 28927@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Alex... looks like deleting is the way to go. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database#post-28921 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:15:37 +0000 Alex Cancado 28921@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I think the easiest solution is to use the gform_post_submission hook and perform your update there. Then delete the entry that was just created by Gravity Forms.<br /> You can dynamically change the label of the button by using the gform_pre_render hook.<br /> You can view documentation for these hooks in our Developer Docs section: <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Developer_Docs" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Developer_Docs</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database#post-28913 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 15:46:02 +0000 vixvii 28913@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I thought I could maybe disable the submit button and just put a shortcode button underneath the form on the page, but then it gets tricky to access the values on the form... Or am I missing something? </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database#post-28897 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:58:07 +0000 vixvii 28897@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Thanks Carl... and any chance I can hide the button with a conditional and display a custom button instead? Then I can maybe attach the update function to the other button and the user will not press the Submit button. Otherwise deleting the entry will be 2nd choice :-) </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database#post-28868 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:32:09 +0000 Carl Hancock 28868@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Gravity Forms automatically saves the entry data and currently there is no option to turn this off. You can, however, automatically delete the entry when a form is submitted. Here is some information on how to do this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/purposefully-not-save-form-in-entries-database#post-15601" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/forums/topic/purposefully-not-save-form-in-entries-database#post-15601</a></p> <p>If you want the Submit button to say Update then simply edit that form, select Form Settings and change the text on the Submit Button so it say's Update. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/disable-submit-button-writing-to-database#post-28843 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 02:48:03 +0000 vixvii 28843@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>I am using a GF to edit details pulled from the database. I would like to replace the Submit button with an Update Button. I don't want the values to be written to the GF database, seeing that this form will actually be editing values.</p> <p>I can use the gform_pre_submission function to do the update, but can I stop it from writing to the database?</p> <p>Alternatively... Can I hide the Submit button and just add another button? </p>