Get input.ID on Stateless Form Submission
Concerning stateless forms: One thing that bugs me is that an ID number is generated after form data is submitted. This is an issue in my mind. Here's an example: A user submits a stateless form proposing some idea to a team. The team is then notified by email of this action along with a url linked to the idea. We cannot use a url link that has
https://creator.zoho.com/admin/myapp/form-perma/newidea/&ID=212085000003178069 form because the ID is created after the fact. Rather, we are forced to create some other custom way to reference that record when the stateless form data is submitted.*
Is there not value in creating an ID number as soon as a form is opened? If the form is submitted, then the ID number can be used to reference the submitted record. If not submitted, the ID is released.
* I use two types of routines to do this: 1) Create a "random" number based in the time of day since midnight, in seconds (thank Gaev for this). 2) Count all current records then add 1 to that number for the custom ID.