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   Gene Wirchenko to esquel@sommarskog.se   
   Re: COLUMNS_UPDATED() Dangerous?   
   24 Feb 11 14:10:15   
   
   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:57:22 +0000 (UTC), Erland Sommarskog   
    wrote:   
      
   >Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:   
   >>      I am just reading up about COLUMNS_UPDATED(), and it appears to   
   >> be dangerous.   
   >>   
   >>      It seems to me that a trigger using it would be vulnerable to   
   >> breaking if a change were made in the structure of the table.   
   >>   
   >>      Am I correct, or am I missing something?   
   >   
   >No, you are correct. I find this function to be of very dubious value.   
      
        Thank you.  I was surprised to see something so dubious-looking.   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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