Comments on: What’s so great about the Modification Date? http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/index.php/2010/01/whats-so-great-about-the-modification-date/ We’re a FileMaker User Group serving the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Region Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: charles Florrie http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/index.php/2010/01/whats-so-great-about-the-modification-date/comment-page-1/#comment-11943 charles Florrie Wed, 15 Jun 2011 07:59:24 +0000 http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/?p=753#comment-11943 Hey i just visited your site for the first time and i really liked it, i bookmarked it and will be back :D Hey i just visited your site for the first time and i really liked it, i bookmarked it and will be back :D

]]> By: Colin Keefe http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/index.php/2010/01/whats-so-great-about-the-modification-date/comment-page-1/#comment-1595 Colin Keefe Fri, 14 May 2010 21:02:35 +0000 http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/?p=753#comment-1595 Sorry for the late reply, Daniel. The auto-enter Modification Timestamp is what it is - if you modify the record, wham-o, it gets updated. The technique above <em>supplements</em> the Timestamp - it doesn’t replace it (and there are good reasons you want auto-enter Modification Timestamp to do exactly what it does). If you’re looking for a more robust audit process, there are solutions out there that are either elaborations on Jerry’s technique or audit logs in a separate table. But in any case none of them hijack the functionality of the auto-enter Modification Timestamp. Have a look at Ray Cologon’s <a href="http://www.nightwing.com.au/FileMaker/demosX/demoX01.html" rel="nofollow">Ultralog</a> audit solution for ideas. - Colin Sorry for the late reply, Daniel.

The auto-enter Modification Timestamp is what it is – if you modify the record, wham-o, it gets updated.

The technique above supplements the Timestamp – it doesn’t replace it (and there are good reasons you want auto-enter Modification Timestamp to do exactly what it does). If you’re looking for a more robust audit process, there are solutions out there that are either elaborations on Jerry’s technique or audit logs in a separate table. But in any case none of them hijack the functionality of the auto-enter Modification Timestamp.

Have a look at Ray Cologon’s Ultralog audit solution for ideas.

- Colin

]]> By: daniele http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/index.php/2010/01/whats-so-great-about-the-modification-date/comment-page-1/#comment-1544 daniele Mon, 10 May 2010 14:26:09 +0000 http://www.phillyfilemaker.org/?p=753#comment-1544 the problem using this tecnique is that if you re-enter the same value, the trigger update the timestamp. Do you know a way to avoid this behavior? I mean to update the time stamp only when the inserted value is different from the previous one? the problem using this tecnique is that if you re-enter the same value, the trigger update the timestamp. Do you know a way to avoid this behavior? I mean to update the time stamp only when the inserted value is different from the previous one?

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