>>>>>Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>
>>>>An update trigger will do the job, but you need a database to wrap your tables
>>>>This will work from inside VFP only
>>>
>>>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.
>>from
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HELP CREATE TRIGGER

>>[snip]
>>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.
>>[/snip]
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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
>>
>>HTH
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>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

Thank you. So you do this in record validation?

I know there was a reason to do this in the CA's. I hate those VFP database container stuff.