2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Handler/Common.hs b/Handler/Common.hs
index a1ae34b..aacab92 100644
--- a/Handler/Common.hs
+++ b/Handler/Common.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module Handler.Common
   , FormState(..)
   , HasFormState(..)
   , stockSort, referenceSort
+  , humanId
   ) where
 
 import Import
@@ -28,6 +29,12 @@ import Handler.Common.Types
 
 import Text.Julius (RawJS(..))
 
+import qualified Codec.Crockford as Crockford (encode)
+import Database.Persist.Sql (fromSqlKey)
+
+humanId :: ItemId -> String
+humanId = Crockford.encode . fromSqlKey
+
 dayFormat :: Day -> String
 dayFormat = formatTime defaultTimeLocale "%e. %b %y"
 
diff --git a/Handler/InventoryListing.hs b/Handler/InventoryListing.hs
index c2ec5d1..d5252a1 100644
--- a/Handler/InventoryListing.hs
+++ b/Handler/InventoryListing.hs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ postInventoryListingR = do
   case insertResult of 
     FormSuccess (Item{..} `WithType` t) -> runDB $ do
       upsertBy (UniqueKind itemNormKind) (Kind itemNormKind t) [ KindType =. t ]
-      insert Item{..}
-      return ()
+      newItem <- insert Item{..}
+      addMessage "insertSuccess" [hamlet|Inserted new item as #{humanId newItem}|]
     FormFailure errors -> mapM_ (addMessage "formError" . toHtml) errors
     _ -> return ()