Valid for

Extract, Replicat

Description

Use GETUPDATEBEFORES or IGNOREUPDATEBEFORES to include or exclude before-images of update records from the specified EXTFILE. Before-images contain record details before an update (as opposed to after-images). IGNOREUPDATEBEFORES remains in effect until GETUPDATEBEFORES is entered. Once entered, GETUPDATEBEFORES remains in effect until IGNOREUPDATEBEFORES is entered.

Within your user exit code, you can compare before-images with after-images to identify the net results of a transaction, rather than the final state of a record. For example, if a BALANCE field is $100 before a transaction and $120 after, comparison would show the difference of $20 occurring in that transaction.

Default

IGNOREUPDATEBEFORES

Syntax

GETUPDATEBEFORES | IGNOREUPDATEBEFORES