It seems that in a trigger on a specific table, you can't update that same table. If you need to do adjustments, you might transfer that to code on the manipulating form, for instance.
>HI,
>
>I've got a field rule on Items.iQtyOnHand:
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>iqtyonhand=>0
>
>
>I've also got a trigger on SalesDetails:
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>vmp_ri("INSERT").AND.adjustqtyonhand(iitemid,iqty*-1)
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>My trigger procedure is:
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>PROCEDURE AdjustQtyOnHand
>LPARAMETERS tiItemId, tiQty
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>UPDATE Items;
> SET iQtyOnHand = iQtyOnHand + m.tiQty ;
> WHERE iItemId = m.tiItemId ;
> AND cType # "Service"
>
>
>If I enter a sale of an item that results in a negative stock value, when running the exe in runtime, I get an error: "Illegal recursion in rule evaluation" (after I get my "Not enough stock available" MsgSvc message).
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>The error is #1887 and the help suggests checking my rule and trigger code.
>
>Can anybody see what's wrong?
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