RE: Data base triggers

["Mark A. Manske" <mmanske@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You would not need to "re-update" the file:
run the trigger before insert, in the pgm
bring in the file buffer, update that, send
the buffer back out that you updated with
the time stamps, and viola, you do not have
to worry about "infinite loops" 

For you information on this; IE: how to
check the archives, there have been other 
threads on "how-to"

HTH 

Mark A. Manske
[mailto:mmanske@minter-weisman.com]
Sr. Project Lead
Minter-Weisman



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Tom Tufankjian
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 2:46 PM
To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject: Data base triggers





Is it possible to have a trigger program update the record whose update
triggered it without having it re-trigger itself infinitly?

I know that's an awfully long sentence so I'll try to give an example.
1.  A record is updated in a file
2.  The update triggers a program
3.  The trigger program updates a timestamp field, for example.

Would step 3 cause the trigger program to execute again?


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