Re: Question on File locking -- RPG400-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

On 8/13/2014 11:44 AM, Vinay Gavankar wrote:

Problem:

A new Client (US Federal Government) requires detailed audit information on
the Member file. They assess a penalty of $1 Million for every missed or
incorrect audit information (I don't know if and how they enforce it, but
we are told that is what the contract says).

To be accurate, the audit records need to be in exact sequence of how the
updates to the Member file occurred. (@Buck: If they are not in the update
sequence, then they would be considered out of sequence).

It probably crossed your mind to change the audit file to not require a
unique key. You probably can't change the file's definition.

It also probably crossed your mind that journalling the Member table
will give you /an/ audit file - but probably not /the/ audit file you want.

Given the very high cost of failure, I suggest journalling the table and
then post-processing the journal to create the audit table in the format
you need. You can have guaranteed chronological order that way.
--buck

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.