RE: How to know whether some field value is changed in a display file?

[Nisha Ramesh <n4nisha@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah..i have some audit fields too which also will get updated and i am
showing a history log based on those audit fields
On Feb 8, 2013 12:38 AM, "Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As someone else said, using data structures (before and after) can be used
> to test for changes.  I usually used that method, though, to determine if,
> for an interactive update, I wanted to do the update at all.
>
> That is, on the first CHAIN to the file I use CHAIN(N) so that, if the @#$%
> user walks away before pushing Enter, the record doesn't get locked.  Then
> when the user presses the Enter key, retrieve the record again (just CHAIN)
> and see if someone else came in before s/he finished.  If so, redisplay
> with
> a message and the new data elements.
>
> By the way, why would you not want to update the record if the display file
> fields have not changed?  Agreed it's a waste of time, but what's a couple
> of microseconds?  Figured there must be another reason.
>
> Jerry C. Adams
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> Subject: Re: How to know whether some field value is changed in a display
> file?
>
> That will turn the indicator on if i reenter blanks on an already blank
> field...
> On Feb 7, 2013 12:25 PM, <Dirk.Marien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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