# Combining server-generated values with changsets

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/combining-server-generated-values-with-changsets/55764>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** ecto\
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/combining-server-generated-values-with-changsets/55764 "2023-05-08T23:07:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwando](https://forum.elixirforum.com/user_avatar/forum.elixirforum.com/kwando/32/4092_2.png) [@kwando](https://forum.elixirforum.com/u/kwando)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/combining-server-generated-values-with-changsets/55764/15 "2023-05-09T19:35:20Z")

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Hmm, sounds like it will be generating your own queries then. Depending on what else you have to do in the same query it doesn’t have to be that bad I think 🙂

I haven’t checked but maybe there is a way to “get an ecto query” from a changeset that you then can manipulate before sending to the database.

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