Re: Was RE: Journaling - Now how to find who read

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark, 

check the November issue of AS400 Magazine's Spotlight column when it
comes out....

Don in DC

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Mark Allen wrote:

> Since this has come up here and I have been trying to find a "simple" way
> (i.e. like journaling, no program changes) to find out who has "read" a file
> and since Simon brought it up in his reply, does anyone have an idea of how
> to in essence "journal" read op's???
> 
> Mark Allen
> IS Manager
> Kelly's Kids
> markallen@kellyskids.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 1:05 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Journaling
> 
> 
> Œ
> Hello David,
> 
> You wrote:
> >But - Andersen bothered to build in the journaling properly.  Part of this
> >is to open files for input only where possible.  Files opened for update
> >will have all their reads journaled.  So... MACPAC would often open the
> same
> >file multiple times - once for read only operations, once for updates.
> This
> >minimized the impact on the journals.
> 
> While I agree with most of what you wrote, this statement is silly.  READs
> are never
> journalled, what would be the point!  I know some sites want to know who
> read a record
> but journalling isn't the way to accomplish that.  Journalling has no effect
> on reads.
> Even reads though an update ODP.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
> 
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