Hi,

At April 1, 2005, 03:25, Martijn Tonies wrote:

>> >In a before update, insert, delete trigger
>> >it is possible to do
>> >POST EVENT new.field_name
>> >to post an event with the data contained in the field.
>>
>> No; events don't carry any data. They are merely named signals.

> Not entirely true. There are systems that register for dynamic
> events. For example, imagine a server side process (stored
> procedure) that takes a few minutes to finish.

> An application can fire off a thread that starts the procedure
> with an application defined parameter (eg: event_id) and
> register an event "FINISH_MY_PROC_9988332" where
> "9988332" is the event ID.

But, the original question was if it is possible to use events in this
manner: POST_EVENT 'event name' new.field_name

THAT is not possible. Sending data, which the application might not
know, via events. Essentially, pushing the new data to the
application.


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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior Software Developer
ACCRA Consultants Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)