Re: run a program when a file changes -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: run a program when a file changes
From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2018 01:34:20 -0500
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The entire file is cleared and new records inserted several times a day. If I attach an on-insert trigger and 20,000 records are inserted, that means the trigger is pulled 20,000 times?

That sounds harsh to me? So it seems prudent to ask.

On 9/11/2018 11:05 PM, Evan Harris wrote:

I agree with Buck that triggers seem a reasonable answer on the surface of
it.

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Follow-Ups:

Re: run a program when a file changes , j . beckeringh
RE: run a program when a file changes , Justin Taylor

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