Re: Triggers, the library they reside in, and restoring the library

Thanks Simon,  I appreciate your effort.  That's pretty much
everything I need to know. ;)

Rick

On 6/19/05, Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On 19/06/2005, at 2:23 AM, rick baird wrote:
> 
> > When you say the trigger should be restored with the file, do you mean
> > the DB trigger event (TRGLIB parm) , or the trigger program (PGM
> > parm), or both?
> 
> The trigger name and event information is stored as an attribute of the
> file.
> 
> If the file and trigger program are in the same library and you RSTLIB
> they will be restored together.
> 
> If you restore a file with triggers to a library other than the
> original library the triggers will be marked as inoperative unless both
> the file and the trigger are restored to the new library. This has to
> be done as part of the same restore operation.
> 
> If they are in separate libraries you should ensure the trigger program
> is restored first although the system doesn't care until the trigger is
> fired so you can do it in a different order.
> 
> Of course, the above presumes you are restoring on a system where these
> objects no longer exist or are damaged beyond use. If you are just
> trying to recover the previous state of the file and the trigger
> program is still OK then you do not need to restore the trigger
> program.
> 
> Read the Backup and Recovery manual for more information regarding
> restoring files with triggers.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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