Re: Row Change Timestamp

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Please verify, I think the "row change timestamp" will be set by the db2 
to the correct value regardless of what the RPG sends.

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Gad,
>
> Vern's right, you'll have to use DDL instead of DDS.
>
> Now, on part b; yes you can update it with RPG and it will autofill the 
> row change time stamp providing you do one of a few things:
> 1 - Use sql to update/add a row and do not specify the column containing 
> the row change timestamp.
> 2 - Use an index that does not include the row change timestamp.  Or if 
> you're just stubborn enough to create a DDS LF over a table defined with 
> DDL you can but just don't include that row change timestamp into that LF.
> 3 - Internally define the file and only output certain columns omitting 
> the row change timestamp.
>
> Otherwise, once you update/add the row with RLA then the row change 
> timestamp will be in the I/O buffer and will get overridden.
>
> This was the topic of a very recent thread.
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201305/msg00934.html
> You'll have to thread down through it to get the right thread.
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> Rob Berendt
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