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If all you want is record count and last update, use the file description. Most of the counties I have worked with on this specific type of request want to know "what the state did to them this time"........

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 4/8/2011 8:29 AM, Vern Hamberg wrote:
Jim

Do the journal entries have information more current than DSPFD? The
member list option of the latter has a last changed date and time. Seems
a simpler approach to me, but I've not tried the journal approach lately.

Vern

On 4/8/2011 7:36 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
> My suggestion was extract the data needed from the journal receivers.
> Once that's been done, presumably to a table of some sort, dump the
> receiver. I happen to know this particular system and the files he is
> talking about (many of the counties in WI use the same set up) and they
> are not that large, so it is manageable. Took me about 3 - 4 hours to
> get the whole thing done for one county in NorthCentral WI. Most of
> these systems are still 820s, 810s, and a few 520s.
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
> Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects
>
>
> On 4/8/2011 7:22 AM,rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Doesn't that require you retain your journals for quite some time?
>>
>> Our journal receiver library is, by far, our biggest library on our
>> system.
>>
>>
>> Rob Berendt
>> -- Group Dekko Dept 1600 Mail to: 2505 Dekko Drive Garrett, IN 46738
>> Ship to: Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755
>> http://www.dekko.com From: Jim Oberholtzer<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx> To:
>> Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date:
>> 04/07/2011 12:52 PM Subject: Re: Find last date updated using SQL Sent
>> by:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx Dave, By far and away the easiest
>> way to do that is to run Journals on those files you care about and
>> pull the information from the journals. Another way would be to use
>> auditing but that my not provide you with the level of information you
>> need. Jim Oberholtzer Chief Technical Architect Agile Technology
>> Architects On 4/7/2011 11:02 AM, Dave Boettcher wrote:
>>>> On a somewhat regular basis, we need to determine whether or not the
>> data in tables in a schema have been updated. There are about 100 tables
>> in this schema and an update is run daily. Not all tables are necessarily
>> updated each day. I have been just doing a DSPFD and scrolling down to
>> the member list and looking at the last change date and time for the
>> member.
>>>> This morning I thought there must be a way to find this using the SYS*
>> tables created when you create a schema so that I could automate this
>> checking process. I have looked at QADBXREF and QADBIFLD but have only
>> found when the table itself was last changed, not when the data changed.
>> So I ran DSPFD *MBRLIST to an out file and of course it's there as last
>> change date. But isn't there a place on the system provided tables where
>> it would be also?
>>>> All help is appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> TIA,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Dave B
>>>>
>>>> Two rules to eliminate stress:
>>>> 1. Don't sweat the small stuff. 2. It's all small
>> stuff.

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