diff --git a/interface/lib/classes/remoting.inc.php b/interface/lib/classes/remoting.inc.php
index 69ebac2e4c3bc628aee969470974861ba22cbe7b..ef7156f478ef214c2a5c4103fba36f5c14136c5c 100644
--- a/interface/lib/classes/remoting.inc.php
+++ b/interface/lib/classes/remoting.inc.php
@@ -295,7 +295,10 @@ class remoting {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$insert_id = $app->db->insertID();
+		if ( isset($params['_primary_id'] ))
+			$insert_id = $params['_primary_id'];
+		else
+			$insert_id = $app->db->insertID();
 
 		// set a few values for compatibility with tform actions, mostly used by plugins
 		$this->id = $insert_id;
diff --git a/interface/lib/classes/remoting_lib.inc.php b/interface/lib/classes/remoting_lib.inc.php
index a3c744fa83d50cc27367f8376c3453df050384a5..0f313de6bded35da1314350a971861a9609f276c 100644
--- a/interface/lib/classes/remoting_lib.inc.php
+++ b/interface/lib/classes/remoting_lib.inc.php
@@ -199,7 +199,14 @@ class remoting_lib extends tform_base {
 	function getSQL($record, $action = 'INSERT', $primary_id = 0, $sql_ext_where = '', $dummy = '') {
 
 		global $app;
-
+		
+		// early usage. make sure _primary_id is sanitized if present.
+		if ( isset($record['_primary_id']) && is_numeric($record['_primary_id'])) {
+			$_primary_id = intval($record['_primary_id']);
+			if ($_primary_id > 0)
+				$this->primary_id_override = $_primary_id;
+		}
+		
 		if(!is_array($this->formDef)) $app->error("Form definition not found.");
 		$this->dataRecord = $record;
 
diff --git a/interface/lib/classes/tform_base.inc.php b/interface/lib/classes/tform_base.inc.php
index 923953adcdc4e3ab2b7b647711e577fb29437e80..c911aa5bc4fd9380cab9a144fb3b1e94c7b69040 100644
--- a/interface/lib/classes/tform_base.inc.php
+++ b/interface/lib/classes/tform_base.inc.php
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ class tform_base {
 	var $module;
 	var $primary_id;
 	var $diffrec = array();
+	var $primary_id_override = 0;
 
 	/**
 	 * Loading of the table definition
@@ -1253,12 +1254,18 @@ class tform_base {
 		$this->action = $action;
 		$this->primary_id = $primary_id;
 
-
-		$record = $this->encode($record, $tab, true);
 		$sql_insert_key = '';
 		$sql_insert_val = '';
 		$sql_update = '';
 
+		$record = $this->encode($record, $tab, true);
+		
+		if(($this->primary_id_override > 0)) {
+			$sql_insert_key .= '`'.$this->formDef["db_table_idx"].'`, ';
+			$sql_insert_val .= $this->primary_id_override.", ";
+			$record['_primary_id'] = $this->primary_id_override;
+		}
+
 		if($api == true) $fields = &$this->formDef['fields'];
 		else $fields = &$this->formDef['tabs'][$tab]['fields'];