RE: How to treat obsolete information from a physical file

[David FOXWELL <David.FOXWELL@xxxxxxxxx>]

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Birgitta Hauser
> Envoyé : vendredi 6 novembre 2009 15:24
> À : 'RPG programming on the IBM i / System i'
> Objet : AW: How to treat obsolete information from a physical file
>
> Now to implement a client history file, that would mean a 
> hell of a lot of programs to update.
>
> Why? Just Write a after update trigger program. 
> As soon as the client becomes inactive, i.e. the state gets 
> set, write the record into the history file and delete the 
> record from the original file. 

Birgitta, I meant that we'd have to look at all those programs to make sure that the <virtually deleted> records weren't used. But I like that idea, thanks.