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Re: triggers within commit cycles

From: R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr. <rbruceh@attglobal.net>
> From: Leif Svalgaard <leif@leif.org>
>
> yes, the trigger is all or nothing. Journals are all or nothing. The idea
of
> a transaction IS all or nothing. Everything else is architecture.

<sigh>
A complicated screen may invoke dozens of business rules
on several files or tables. Several screen interactions may be
necessary to finish the BUSINESS transaction. At the very
end the user may cancel the whole thing. All the intermediate
steps should not be journaled or triggered because they are
not transactions.

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