Waiting for the rows to be saved to Coda (for Row IDs to be assigned)

[Paul_Danyliuk]

Update: No need to wait for row IDs to be assigned — just use UIDs that are generated immediately on client side:

PSA: Link to recently created rows by UID, not RowID()

Requirement: with a button create a row and bring it up into focus (e.g. as a modal) Problem: to bring out a row into focus, you need its RowID() so that you could construct its URL like: OpenWindow(Format("#_tu9Wb/r{1}&modal=true", CreatedRow.RowID()) However, RowID() at this point may still be blank because the row is not yet stored to the server. And it will always stay blank if the doc is used in Play mode. Solution: instead of RowID() use “true” 10-alphadigit unique row ID (UID) that is…