Re: Reading SE Audit Trails

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:28:43 +1000, "Brett Schubert" <brett.schubert@timewise.com.au> wrote: >Art S. Kagel <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote in message >news:37792A45.331B157F@bloomberg.net... >> Brett Schubert wrote: >> > >> > According to the Informix FAQ part 6.17 (Reading SE Audit Trails), an >audit >> > file includes five header fields. One of which is described in the FAQ >as: >> > >> > a_time integer Integer internal time value. >> > >> > My question is? What is this internal time value based on and how do I >> > convert this value to a meaniful date/time value. >> >> If the SE internal time is anything like IDS internal time it is just >> an integer with no relation to real time at all. It is a number that >> is incremented for each operation so that is is different for every >> transaction and operation. >> >You'd think that a "time" value would specify time in some way. If it is an >some sort of serial (or sequential integer), then why isn't it called that? > It specifies a point in time relative to database operations that occurred before and after the operation in question. Seems logical to me (but maybe that's why I'm certified insane...) Richard the Great, Supreme Being and Master of the Universe.