on 1/31/04 10:41 PM, Robert Brenstein at rjb /AT/ rz D.OT uni-potsdam.de wrote:
>>>>>>> -- option to have automatic time stamping of all or specific fields
>>>>>>> in a baseobject (updated only when content changes)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, we have add DB.Clocks(), and TIMESTAMP field.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the TIMESTAMP an internal field (handled automatically by kernel)
>>>>> or it is a field for us to use explicitely? Ideally, a field would
>>>>> have a property "timestamp" settable through Field_SetFlag() and then
>>>>> we have a call Field_GetTimestamp() to find the current value. It
>>>>> should also be properly handled through SQL, so we can easily find
>>>>> records with fields that were modified after specific timestamp.
>>>>
>>>> This is new field type.
>>>> Actually it is ULLONG.
>>>>
>>>> It looks we have not yet polish this field type.
>>>
>>> So what is the advantage of this new field versus my using a normal
>>> long field to store a timestamp? This is what I do now.
>>
>> It is intended to store INTERNAL DB CLOCKs value.
>>
>> Probably it will get value automatically
>
> But what will trigger the update? Any change to a record containting
> a timestamp field? Or can it be associated with a specific field? In
> other words, will the automatic process be associated with SetField
> or with UpdateRecord/NewRecord? I gather it will be triggered in
> either case by any call, even if the content is not truly changed.
Not remember now.
I will ask tomorrow.
Probably any INSERT/UPDATE of record, should change it.
Again, this is not polished.
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