guides:programming:programmers_reference_manual:getlastupdate

GETLASTUPDATE Method

Method for getting the date and time of the last update to this entity.

retval = Repository('GETLASTUPDATE', entID)

The GETLASTUPDATE method has the following parameters.

ParameterDescription
Message'GETLASTUPDATE'
entIDentID consists of four elements, which are '*' (asterisk) delimited:

* Application name
* Type ID
* Class ID
* Entity name

Methods are executed as follows: if class specific, execute at the class level; if type specific, execute at the type level; otherwise, execute the method.

The date and time (before any output conversion, as stored in SYSREPOS) that the entity was last updated.

Note: Always call the Get_Status function after calling Repository.

Repository() function, Get_Repos_Entities(). Also, Stored Procedures chapter in the Guide to Application Development.

/* Read the last update date and time for the CENTERWINDOW stored procedure into the variable called result */

Declare Function Get_Repos_Entities, Repository, Get_Status

AppID = @APPID<1>  ;* current application

TypeID = "STPROC"  ;* OpenInsight stored procedures

ClassID = ""  ;* Not Applicable

Stored_Proc_Name = 'CENTERWINDOW'

entid = AppID : '*' : TypeID : '*' : ClassID : '*' : Stored_Proc_Name
 

result = Repository("GETLASTUPDATE", entid)

/*  result now contains the date and time of the CENTERWINDOW stored procedure, as stored in SYSREPOS */

If Get_Status(ErrCode) then

  call msg(@window, 'Error Message returned: ' : ErrCode)

end else

  call msg(@window, entid : ' was last updated on ' : OCONV(result, "D4") :' at ' :OCONV(result,"MT"))

end
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