Whats the best way to work around the inability to add dupes to a list

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Hello all - So I recently discovered that I can’t add duplicate issues to a custom element list using any of the built in Bubble methods as it will de-dupe the list when it adds the item.

However I do have a situation (like most people usually do) where having duplicates in a list is perfectly fine.

Essentially a user will be able to select line items from several RG’s which could end up meaning that the same item is picked from multiple RG’s simultaneously, ending up with duplicates.
Once all line items have been selected the user can now save them to the db dupes and all.

If I try to add these to the custom element as they are selected the dupes get removed as we know.

I’m looking at the List Pusher plug in from @keith which seems promising but I don’t know if it will work how I want it to because I need to maintain a persistent list to send to it, and the only way I know to hold a list is through custom states which can’t have dupes.

My question is, will this plug in work or is there another workaround to this?

Thanks!

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Did you ever solve this? Running into the same thing myself.

Found a workaround here, but wondering if the plugin mentioned worked or if there’s a better way.

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the easy fix is to use a text string and use split by after.
This will let you add duplicate in a list

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It’s not a plugin, this was just an example how to do that

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I used the split method and it works well, I was referring to the plugin mentioned in OP’s post

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@jici minimalist, elegant. :+1: :+1: :+1:

I’ve tried many ways and landed on this - List Inserter Plugin | Bubble … mostly because I seem to need to always be inserting and changing scores in a list.

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