# auto text save in database

**URL:** <https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535>\
**Category:** Ask the community\
**Tags:** question, code\
**Created:** [August 24, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535 "2018-08-24T21:04:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![adlanusmanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@adlanusmanov](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/adlanusmanov)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/1 "2018-08-24T21:04:12Z")

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hello,  
how can i save in database automatic text from a textbox?  
example

$w(“#input1”).value = “Hello World”;

in textbox it shows the text but it does not save in database the hello world, it is just empty.  
how can i solve this ?

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**Author:** ![giri-zano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/giri-zano/32/80469_2.png) [@giri-zano](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/giri-zano)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/2 "2018-08-25T18:55:05Z")

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Adlan, I am guessing you try to set the value of a text box and then try to save it. It won´t work. Lookup .setFieldValue() on the dataset doc.

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**Author:** ![adlanusmanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@adlanusmanov](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/adlanusmanov)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/3 "2018-08-25T19:13:17Z")

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i have a booking form with some inputs and in one input i have a automatically calculated price and this price in website it shows but if i submit the form it dont save the price. can i fix this problem with .setFieldValue ?  
can u gife me an example with .setFieldValue () pls im trying since weeks to fix that.

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**Author:** ![giri-zano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/giri-zano/32/80469_2.png) [@giri-zano](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/giri-zano)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/4 "2018-08-25T19:24:02Z")

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Adlan, you are not the first one to run into this problem, and certainly not the last. First read this: [https://www.wix.com/code/reference/$w.TextInput.html#value](https://www.wix.com/code/reference/$w.TextInput.html#value) (the .value problem goes for EVERY Wix Input element, text is just an example).  
Then, read this:[wix-dataset - Velo API Reference - Wix.com](https://www.wix.com/code/reference/wix-dataset.html#setFieldValue)  
It has all the explanations and example code you need. If you are still stuck after reading and trying, let me know.

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**Author:** ![adlanusmanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@adlanusmanov](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/adlanusmanov)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/5 "2018-08-25T20:19:56Z")

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now i have problem with CurrentItem

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**Author:** ![adlanusmanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@adlanusmanov](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/adlanusmanov)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/6 "2018-08-25T20:21:45Z")

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export function button3\_click\_1(event, $w) {  
$w(“#dataset1”).setFieldValue(“price”, $w(“#textBox1”).value);  
$w(“#dataset1”).save();  
}

thats my code

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**Author:** ![adlanusmanov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@adlanusmanov](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/adlanusmanov)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/7 "2018-08-25T21:32:11Z")

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Now it works. thank you very much !!

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**Author:** ![giri-zano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wix/user_avatar/forum.wixstudio.com/giri-zano/32/80469_2.png) [@giri-zano](https://forum.wixstudio.com/u/giri-zano)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.wixstudio.com/t/auto-text-save-in-database/11535/8 "2018-08-25T21:34:30Z")

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Glad you got it working.