Re: re triggers

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Wrong approach, me thinks.
The Trigger mechanism will present two buffers to the Trigger Program. A 
"before"
image, and an "After" image. Your program simply needs to update the proper
positions of the "After" buffer. There are offsets included to allow you to
position to the proper postion in the structure. If you need, I can send you a
copy of one of the triggers I have worked with.
Bob

boothm@ibm.net wrote:

> I'd like to do a simple trigger program.  What I'd really like to do is to
> fill in a "timestamp" and a "updated by" field on a record anytime it is
> created or changed, regardless of where it is done.  The physical file is
> in arrrival sequence and unindexed.   It seemed simple enough  - a
> ADDPFTRG after *UPDATE with a simple program that moved the SDS's User
> field, and a TIME command into the correct fields, and update.
>
> That was where I realized I was in trouble...  how do I find the relative
> record number that was just processed so I can easily find the correct
> record?  Or is that the wrong approach altogether?
>
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