>>>>Hi All,
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>>>>This is going to sound real stupid. Sorry. How do I set up a field in a table so that every time a record is updated, this field is updated with the current date/time?
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>>>>Also, I need for this to work in VFP 5.0 as well.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Yossi
>>>
>>>In addition to Naomis reply. Note that the timestamp will be that of the local machine.
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>>>An update trigger will do the job, but you need a database to wrap your tables
>>>This will work from inside VFP only
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>>Please excuse my ignorance, but how does the update trigger accomplish what I want. It's asking for a logical expression.
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>No problem, I have to lookup the help myself. I've done such stuff through my framework, so I'm not an expert here.
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HELP CREATE TRIGGER

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>Specifies the logical expression evaluated when the trigger occurs. lExpression can be a user-defined function or a stored procedure that returns a logical value.
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>you create a function in the database (aka stored procedure)
>parameter is table name
>this fundtion replaces datetime value
>and create logical return value
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>HTH


As far as I know, a trigger cannot replace anything in the record that caused it to fire
You'll have to use a table rule