Re: Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-13 Thread Steven Haas
This is for FDA regulation compliance.  The audit
records need to show every change made to the
source table in order of change.
WHile audit the table will show who changed the
record, it won't show what was changed.

Steve


--- Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 In my browsing of the oracle docs I came across
 a sql statement call
 AUDITING.
 Why invent triggers when oracle does the work
 for you?
 
 Yechiel Adar
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  Listers,
 
  Oracle 8.1.7
 
  I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
  provide guidelines on the creation, use,
  performance and limitations of triggers.
 
  I need to create triggers on possibly 45
 tables
  for auditing purposes.  The first draft
  requirements document indicates denormalizing
  data and generating data for null columns
 using
  the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer to
 make
  them as simple as possible and would like to
 have
  the best arguments against doing it the way
 the
  requirements suggest.
 
  TIA,
 
  Steve Haas
 
  Opinions, real or imagined, are mine.
 
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RE: Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-13 Thread Lisa R. Clary
Since we are in the medical records business, we too have the same
guideline. What we do, is create an exact table replica (we call it an
archive table and it does not have constraints) to which before every insert
and update on the primary table, sends the row data to the archive table. It
stores the modifier and sysdate as well, so we have a complete history of
revision. We don't allow deletes through users, only through dbas so that we
can audit removals. Doing it this way eliminates that possibility of the
fudge-factor on revisions/deletions. And when you are audited---it is a
wonderful thing!

lc

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This is for FDA regulation compliance.  The audit
records need to show every change made to the
source table in order of change.
WHile audit the table will show who changed the
record, it won't show what was changed.

Steve


--- Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 In my browsing of the oracle docs I came across
 a sql statement call
 AUDITING.
 Why invent triggers when oracle does the work
 for you?

 Yechiel Adar
 Mehish
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 Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 6:59 PM


  Listers,
 
  Oracle 8.1.7
 
  I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
  provide guidelines on the creation, use,
  performance and limitations of triggers.
 
  I need to create triggers on possibly 45
 tables
  for auditing purposes.  The first draft
  requirements document indicates denormalizing
  data and generating data for null columns
 using
  the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer to
 make
  them as simple as possible and would like to
 have
  the best arguments against doing it the way
 the
  requirements suggest.
 
  TIA,
 
  Steve Haas
 
  Opinions, real or imagined, are mine.
 
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RE: Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-13 Thread DENNIS WILLIAMS
Steven - If you need this level of detail, have you considered LogMiner?
Just a thought.

Dennis Williams
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This is for FDA regulation compliance.  The audit
records need to show every change made to the
source table in order of change.
WHile audit the table will show who changed the
record, it won't show what was changed.

Steve


--- Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 In my browsing of the oracle docs I came across
 a sql statement call
 AUDITING.
 Why invent triggers when oracle does the work
 for you?
 
 Yechiel Adar
 Mehish
 - Original Message -
 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 6:59 PM
 
 
  Listers,
 
  Oracle 8.1.7
 
  I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
  provide guidelines on the creation, use,
  performance and limitations of triggers.
 
  I need to create triggers on possibly 45
 tables
  for auditing purposes.  The first draft
  requirements document indicates denormalizing
  data and generating data for null columns
 using
  the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer to
 make
  them as simple as possible and would like to
 have
  the best arguments against doing it the way
 the
  requirements suggest.
 
  TIA,
 
  Steve Haas
 
  Opinions, real or imagined, are mine.
 
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RE: Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-13 Thread OraCop
We call them Journal tables.
Great technique.

OraCop

--- Lisa R. Clary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Since we are in the medical records business, we too
 have the same
 guideline. What we do, is create an exact table
 replica (we call it an
 archive table and it does not have constraints) to
 which before every insert
 and update on the primary table, sends the row data
 to the archive table. It
 stores the modifier and sysdate as well, so we have
 a complete history of
 revision. We don't allow deletes through users, only
 through dbas so that we
 can audit removals. Doing it this way eliminates
 that possibility of the
 fudge-factor on revisions/deletions. And when you
 are audited---it is a
 wonderful thing!
 
 lc
 
 -Original Message-
 Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:49 AM
 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
 
 
 This is for FDA regulation compliance.  The audit
 records need to show every change made to the
 source table in order of change.
 WHile audit the table will show who changed the
 record, it won't show what was changed.
 
 Steve
 
 
 --- Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  In my browsing of the oracle docs I came across
  a sql statement call
  AUDITING.
  Why invent triggers when oracle does the work
  for you?
 
  Yechiel Adar
  Mehish
  - Original Message -
  To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
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  Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 6:59 PM
 
 
   Listers,
  
   Oracle 8.1.7
  
   I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
   provide guidelines on the creation, use,
   performance and limitations of triggers.
  
   I need to create triggers on possibly 45
  tables
   for auditing purposes.  The first draft
   requirements document indicates denormalizing
   data and generating data for null columns
  using
   the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer to
  make
   them as simple as possible and would like to
  have
   the best arguments against doing it the way
  the
   requirements suggest.
  
   TIA,
  
   Steve Haas
  
   Opinions, real or imagined, are mine.
  
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RE: Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-13 Thread Thomas Day

We have journal tables that mimic every table in our database.  Every
Insert, Update or Delete (we allow user deletes) gets the row written to
the journal table along with a timestamp and the Oracle userid.  Now we
have to tie one Oracle userid to one and only one user.



   

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Since we are in the medical records business, we too have the same
guideline. What we do, is create an exact table replica (we call it an
archive table and it does not have constraints) to which before every
insert
and update on the primary table, sends the row data to the archive table.
It
stores the modifier and sysdate as well, so we have a complete history of
revision. We don't allow deletes through users, only through dbas so that
we
can audit removals. Doing it this way eliminates that possibility of the
fudge-factor on revisions/deletions. And when you are audited---it is a
wonderful thing!

lc

-Original Message-
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:49 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L


This is for FDA regulation compliance.  The audit
records need to show every change made to the
source table in order of change.
WHile audit the table will show who changed the
record, it won't show what was changed.

Steve


--- Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 In my browsing of the oracle docs I came across
 a sql statement call
 AUDITING.
 Why invent triggers when oracle does the work
 for you?

 Yechiel Adar
 Mehish
 - Original Message -
 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 6:59 PM


  Listers,
 
  Oracle 8.1.7
 
  I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
  provide guidelines on the creation, use,
  performance and limitations of triggers.
 
  I need to create triggers on possibly 45
 tables
  for auditing purposes.  The first draft
  requirements document indicates denormalizing
  data and generating data for null columns
 using
  the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer to
 make
  them as simple as possible and would like to
 have
  the best arguments against doing it the way
 the
  requirements suggest.
 
  TIA,
 
  Steve Haas
 
  Opinions, real or imagined, are mine.
 
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RE: Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-13 Thread Steven Haas
That is exactly what my design would be given the
option.  Thanks for concurring.

I have also been asked if the trigger can fire
off a pop-up box in the app to ask for a reason
for change that needs to be in the audit record
as well.  Yeah, really... that's what they want.

Another option suggested for tables with heavy
updates is to record the full insert and only the
column deltas on updates.  Okay, lets compare all
87 columns to see if the new value is the same as
the old value.  Just throw all kinds of junk in
the trigger so it effects its performance.

My origianl question was for any links to
whitepapers on trigger devlopment.

Thanks...

Steve


--- Lisa R. Clary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Since we are in the medical records business,
 we too have the same
 guideline. What we do, is create an exact table
 replica (we call it an
 archive table and it does not have constraints)
 to which before every insert
 and update on the primary table, sends the row
 data to the archive table. It
 stores the modifier and sysdate as well, so we
 have a complete history of
 revision. We don't allow deletes through users,
 only through dbas so that we
 can audit removals. Doing it this way
 eliminates that possibility of the
 fudge-factor on revisions/deletions. And when
 you are audited---it is a
 wonderful thing!
 
 lc
 
 -Original Message-
 Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 11:49 AM
 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
 
 
 This is for FDA regulation compliance.  The
 audit
 records need to show every change made to the
 source table in order of change.
 WHile audit the table will show who changed the
 record, it won't show what was changed.
 
 Steve
 
 
 --- Yechiel Adar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  In my browsing of the oracle docs I came
 across
  a sql statement call
  AUDITING.
  Why invent triggers when oracle does the work
  for you?
 
  Yechiel Adar
  Mehish
  - Original Message -
  To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 6:59 PM
 
 
   Listers,
  
   Oracle 8.1.7
  
   I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
   provide guidelines on the creation, use,
   performance and limitations of triggers.
  
   I need to create triggers on possibly 45
  tables
   for auditing purposes.  The first draft
   requirements document indicates
 denormalizing
   data and generating data for null columns
  using
   the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer
 to
  make
   them as simple as possible and would like
 to
  have
   the best arguments against doing it the way
  the
   requirements suggest.
  
   TIA,
  
   Steve Haas
  
   Opinions, real or imagined, are mine.
  
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Whitepapers on Triggers

2002-11-08 Thread Steven Haas
Listers,

Oracle 8.1.7

I am looking for any whitepaper(s) that can
provide guidelines on the creation, use,
performance and limitations of triggers.

I need to create triggers on possibly 45 tables
for auditing purposes.  The first draft
requirements document indicates denormalizing
data and generating data for null columns using
the triggers (yeah, bad ideas).  I prefer to make
them as simple as possible and would like to have
the best arguments against doing it the way the
requirements suggest.

TIA,

Steve Haas

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