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FYI:

Alan sent the zip to me and gave me permission to place it at my site.

<fingers crossed>
In 10 min. it will be downloadable from www.think400.dk/downloads
</fingers crossed>

Best regards,
Leif

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Koetting" <Mary_Koetting@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 22. juni 2005 20:20
Subject: RE: Triggers, the library they reside in, and restoring the libra ry


> Please send me your trigger mediator programs/tables if you're still
> willing...thanks!
> 
> Mary Koetting
> Senior Programmer Analyst
> Missouri Consolidated Health Care
> 573-526-2856
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Campin [mailto:Alan.Campin@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 3:35 PM
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Triggers, the library they reside in, and restoring the library
> 
> 
> >> If a file is restored, does it fire the trigger for each record
> >> restored? - i.e. should I remove the trigger before and re-add it
> >> after, as part of the process of restoring the file?
> 
> >> if a file with a trigger is restored, should the trigger be restored
> >> with it - i.e. should the trigger reside in the same library as the
> >> file (TRGLIB on ADDPFTRG command)?  or does it matter?
> 
> I sent the following on another question on triggers. The mediator, also,
> solves the restore problem because it is what is restored, not the actual
> program and, yes, the trigger program should be in the library of the data
> file. That is where the trigger mediator is normally installed. Since the
> trigger mediator calls service programs, where they are located is up to
> you. 
> 
> >> We think a very good architecture for triggers is to make a CL program
> the
> >> actual trigger program that calls an RPG program to do the work, passing
> the
> >> appropriate parameters.  That allows you to modify the RPG program
> without
> >> having to remove & add the trigger on the file.
> 
> I see all kinds of problems with that, the first being that CL programs have
> to be loaded every time they are called. Lot of overhead.
> 
> I have a much better solution called a Trigger Mediator. The trigger
> mediator lives between the data base and the trigger service program. Using
> the trigger mediator, you can instantly add or remove tables from triggers
> and instantly add or remove all tables from triggers. The trigger mediator
> program itself never needs to be modified. Everything is table driven. The
> best part to me is that everything is extremely fast and you can modify the
> trigger service programs without bringing down the entire system. 
> 
> I would be glad to send you a copy of the trigger mediator and the
> associated programs to maintain the trigger tables if you want to use it. 
>  
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