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    Missing "Deleted" item history record for certain deleted items

    • Article Type: General
    • Product: Aleph
    • Product Version: 20

    Problem Symptoms:
    An item record no longer exists, but there is no deleted Z30H (Item History) record for it.

    There are other item history entries for the item, but none with z30h_h_reason = 'Deleted'.

    Cause:
    1. Has the tab_item_history.eng table always been configured to record DELETE events?

    2. Was the item temporarily created and immediately deleted by p_manage_50 when that service is only building an HOL. ( This leaves behind an item history record, but not one that says Deleted.)

    3. Is this a Deleted (Bound) item? The program was not creating a z30h record for these item-processing-status BD items.

    Resolution:
    1. Check the version of ./xxx50/tab/tab_item_history.eng for the time period when the item seemed to disappear to determine if the table has a line with "DELETE" in column 1 ("Field changed or action that causes history").

    2. Check for p_manage_50 runs building an HOL only around the time of the item's disappearance.

    3. Implement v21 rep_change 2325 (v22 rep_ver 19055). It allows z30h records to be created for item-processing-status "BD" items.

    Additional Information

    Run the following SQL in the ADM library to locate cases where an item has been deleted but there is no z30h Deleted record:

    SQL> select unique substr (z30h_rec_key,1,15) from z30h minus select z30_rec_key from z30 minus select substr (z30h_rec_key,1,15) from z30h where z30h_h_reason = 'Deleted';

    Category: Cataloging (500)

    Subject: Items (500)


    • Article last edited: 4/16/2014