Re: Aborting write with a trigger program

[Buck Calabro <buck.calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob Berendt wrote:

>> What happens if someone updates the file 
>> using a client based program such
>> as Excel, ODBC or some other such animal?

Jim Langston wrote:

>Good question.  I really don't know, since we are 
>not using any client based programs here.  

You will get an I/O error; very similar to the error you get if you try to
add a duplicate key.  The exact error you will get is the escape message
your trigger program sends.  That's why the trigger has to send an escape
message to abort the I/O operation - that's how DB2 behaves.

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
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