Re: Anyone using the *AFTER *READ Triggers in V5R1/V5R2?

Sorry, perhaps I was not "clear"; I do NOT want to change the
contents of the *FILE (PF), only the data in the "buffer" that is
going to be returned to the actual application that issued the "read"
(which caused the trigger to "fire"...).

Mark

----- Original Message -----
From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@MartinVT.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: Anyone using the *AFTER *READ Triggers in V5R1/V5R2?


>
>  By definition, wouldn't READ be limited to read?   I'd think you might
call
> another program that would change the file though?
>
> (Have you looked at the *UPDATE and what *ALWAYS/*CHANGE does?)
>
>
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> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Date: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:39:44 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Anyone using the *AFTER *READ Triggers in V5R1/V5R2?
>
> Hello, all:
>
> Has anyone used the "native" *AFTER *READ triggers that were
> introduced with V5R1?
>
> I tried using one, but no matter if I change data in the "original"
> buffer or the "new" buffer, it does not seem to matter; the actual
> data from the file is ALWAYS (apparently) returned to the calling
> program, regardless of what the read trigger does.
>
> What the heck good is a read trigger if there is no way to alter
> the data in the buffer? I mean, after all, you can alter the data
> in other cases, such as an Insert or Update trigger, right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark S. Waterbury
>
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