>>hi Nadya,
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>>Cannot test it right now and I think that it should work, buffered or not.
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>>RecordValidation rules (and triggers) do not require buffering. You can safely use oldval() and the like. I have not tested getfldstate()
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>>Try it and see.
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>>I'd say that it will work without modification
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>>cheers,
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>GetFldState works only for buffered tables. I'm going to check Help on oldval/curval and then will attempt to fix the code.

Nadya,

A short test over here shows what I expected. It works. No need to fix anything