RE: V5R1 Trigger data buffer shifted

Don't tell me.  This person hardcoded the offsets?  Pointers to the rescue!

Rob Berendt

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                    Scott Mildenberger
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data buffer shifted
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                    11/09/2001 11:54 AM
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                    midrange-l






Yes, the trigger buffer shifted.  There were some fields added to the
buffer
info section prior to the record images.  You need to use the image offsets
provided in the trigger information to map your external DS to the proper
location.

Scott Mildenberger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jmoreno@militarycars.com [mailto:jmoreno@militarycars.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 9:33 AM
> To: Midrange-L@Midrange.com
> Subject: V5R1 Trigger data buffer shifted
>
>
> Hello
>
> One of our machines was upgraded to V5R1 and we discovered
> that the trigger
> data buffer has shifted in V5R1
>
> The V5R1 Database information center tells me that the trigger buffer
> section in V5R1 is the same that the one in V4R4
>
> We use an external definition of a database file with the
> trigger buffer
> information, the image of the record before, the null byte
> map, the record
> after and finally the new record null byte map.
>
> We have been using this technique (described by some as the
> softcoding of a
> trigger)  for several years and never had any problems.
>
> I am about to load the latest and greatest database group ptf
> and hopefully
> this will resolve the problem.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem ?
>
> Regards
>
> Jorge Moreno
> Systems Analyst
> Woodbury, New York
>
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