Re: Triggers...

["John Taylor" <jtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin,

I just went through this problem a couple of weeks ago. Wrap your trigger
program in a CLP, or compile it so that the PEP is a CLLE procedure, and it
will then work recursively.


John Taylor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hillier, Martin" <Martin.Hillier@Mattel.com>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 8:39 AM
Subject: Triggers...


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> Hi all,
> I am attempting to use a trigger on a file to update the same file
> (but a different record). All I can seem to update is the same record as
the
> one that initiated the trigger - looking at the key the trigger program is
> using, its different to the record it reads.
>
> I know "this trigger updating triggered file" may worry some of you :-),
but
> its pretty safe - it always writes a subtotal for raw data. If raw data
> update hasnt triggered it, it does nothing, so there is only 1 recursive
> call, which immediately bombs out because it is evoked from a subtotal.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin