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Hi - can I get some clarification on what the Profile 'update contact' applies to?

I assume it operates under the rules of Contact Matching in 2.0 and earlier (i know 2.1 changes all this)

Here is the scenario.

Someone who is not on database signs up for a Newsletter via Subscribe to Mailing List. So we end up with a record for them with just their email address.

They then come to a Profile that asks for email + First + last

I had been thinking that if Contact Matching Rules were set to 'email only' as the match that the profile would therefore add their First and Last to the existing record.

This is not happening, a duplicate record is being created.

Is there a setting I am missing, or a logic I am ignoring?

Also is there a way of adding First and Last to the Subscribe to Mailing List option? We could just use profiles but are dealing with a bit of an existing hybrid (who isn't!)

Thanks

Kurund. thanks for responding. This is a 2.0 set up. Yes I have 'update contact' set in the Profile. So in 2.0 does this enforce the email+first+last regardless of how i have 'contact matching' or 'duplicate matching' set?

Tried that and no luck.

For example, see attached. The profile has Update contact on a duplicate match?" enabled.

The upper record was just created by using a profile even though it has exactly the same email - and yes had only 'email' set in the Contact Match rule - but will verify that it does it even if rules is returned to email+first+last.

Is it possible that the Contact Match only applies when one uses a 'create' profile rather than an 'edit' profile?

Ie this is using civicrm/profile/edit?reset=1&gid=40 which we have made available to the public so that it works for people who are logged in (avoids them setting up duplicate records) and random visitors.