# What does Auto Binding do?

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/what-does-auto-binding-do/92254>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [May 17, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/what-does-auto-binding-do/92254 "2020-05-17T16:19:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![grace.hallak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/grace.hallak/32/61817_2.png) [@grace.hallak](https://forum.bubble.io/u/grace.hallak)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/what-does-auto-binding-do/92254/1 "2020-05-17T16:19:42Z")

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Hi, can someone tell me what does auto binding do and how it can be useful?

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**Author:** ![NigelG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NigelG](https://forum.bubble.io/u/NigelG)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/what-does-auto-binding-do/92254/2 "2020-05-17T16:26:11Z")

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Method 1 (without autobind)

Input Field   
User Clicks “Save” Button  
Save the name against the User

Method 2 (with autobind)

Input Field autobind this field against the Current User’s Name field  
Every time the User updates the field it automatically gets updated in the database

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**Author:** ![grace.hallak](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/grace.hallak/32/61817_2.png) [@grace.hallak](https://forum.bubble.io/u/grace.hallak)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/what-does-auto-binding-do/92254/3 "2020-05-17T16:45:37Z")

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Thanks for explaining! I hope you have the time to answers my other questions on this post.

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