Re: Trigger problem

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Rob,

In a message dated 10/9/00 7:04:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rob@dekko.com 
writes:

> You're not trying to write to the file in the trigger program are you?
>  
>  I'll give you an example.  I have a trigger which updates two fields in a
>  file:  TIMESTAMP and USER.  The trigger program receives as input the file
>  buffer, updates these two fields, and sends out the file buffer.  There are
>  no F specs, or SQL in my particular trigger program.  If you do a WRITE in
>  your trigger program to the same file it will reinvoke the same trigger
>  program, until you stop doing writes to the file associated with the
>  trigger.
<<snip>>

Actually, if you specify "Allow Repeated Changes (*YES)" (ALWREPCHG?) when 
adding the trigger, this scenario should not be a problem...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"You could be a liar.  You could also be a member of congress.  But I repeat 
myself." -- Mark Twain
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