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Member Since 7 years 3 days ago #62753

tund3r
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Hi,

I was wondering if there is any reason for not having the field "Member Since" with the default date of the creation of the member account. I use always "quick add" and it would be amazingly useful to have this field filled automatically. I know it might not be the exact date but it's a very good indication and if someone wants the exact date can update the field.

Andrea Dalle Molle
VPE Miami Beach Toastmasters
Club: 1293723

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Member Since 7 years 3 days ago #62754

SteveTheTechie
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I am on the fence about that. If it is pre-filled, then it may be overlooked and assumed that what is filled in is correct.

Also "Member Since" could be for just the club or it could be for Toastmasters in general. (for a member of multiple clubs)

Therefore, I choose to leave it blank and leave it up to clubs how to determine what to put there.

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Steve James, DTM
FreeToastHost System Developer
Officer Emeritus, Mindful Communicators (Club 1966, District 52) A President's Distinguished Club for each of the last 10 years.

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Member Since 7 years 3 days ago #62755

tund3r Topic Author Offline Senior Member Posts: 49 Thank you received: 11	thank you for your answer! Is it possible to have another field with the date updated automatically? also to determine how many are using that field you might try to do a query on the database and see how many clubs are using it ... for our club is basically useless and knowing when I had put a member in it would be very useful Andrea Dalle Molle VPE Miami Beach Toastmasters Club: 1293723
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Member Since 7 years 3 days ago #62756

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tund3r wrote:
knowing when I had put a member in it would be very useful

I already have that. I just do not show it. Every record in every db table has a DATECREATED field that is filled automatically with a time stamp by the db. Typically, that is just used for troubleshooting and administrative purposes.

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