Re: Assign for a fixed time

Paul wrote:
>
> Hi there,
> Does anyone know how you would assign something for a fixed time? I have a
> pointer to a table and in this table I want to set the state of an attribute
> to 'allocated' for a fixed time.
> Many thanks.
> Paul

Not sure I understand the question. You might try an example to clarify.

Guessing at what you are trying to accomplish:

initial: tab.col = null
time x: tab.col = 'Allocated'
time x+y: tab.col = 'Free'

If so, then you might want to look at Workflow - it's built into the database and *IIRC* it can handle triggering based on time/duration, tab.col content transitions as well as event.

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