Updating custom category-attributes in 9001 using a LiveReport

Hi,Has anyone tried updating the custom category-attributes using a conditional update from a livereport ? Any help is appreciated.

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This might be possible in v8.1.5, but it would be virtually impossible in v9. In v9, the set of attribute data for an item is stored both in a relational format and as a BLOB, and updating that BLOB would be very hard to do without OScript.

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Updating custom category-attributes in 9001 using a LiveReport Posted by PMUser9 (Pratti, Sunita) on 10/16/2001 10:12 AM

Hi,
Has anyone tried updating the custom category-attributes using a conditional update from a livereport ? Any help is appreciated.

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Do you mean to say attribute data cannot be updated in v9 directly ( ofcourse except through the interface) ?

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Through the interface, through Livelink Builder, through LAPI, ... not through straight SQL.

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Do you mean to say attribute data cannot be updated in v9 directly ( ofcourse... Posted by PMUser9 (Pratti, Sunita) on 10/16/2001 12:15 PM
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Do you mean to say attribute data cannot be updated in v9 directly ( ofcourse except through the interface) ?

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Changing the attribute value for a category in Livelink v9 is possible through direct SQL code run in the Livelink Builder.I have achieved the same. The DAPI (Document Application Programming Interface) does allow access to the maintained hierarchical database of nodes and their related attributes.Each node can have multiple versions of data, in the form of BLOBs (Binary Large Objects). But the changes done via the same do not show the required results on the front end HTML Interface, since most of them are read-only attribute value definitions. My initiative was to search for a way to edit/change the BLOB data in the SEGMENTBLOB column of the LLATTRBLOBDATA table in livelink database, which i was able to do via SQL code run using the built-in functions in the CAPI package.I am happy to send across the working code to anyone who is interested in doing the same for his Livelink application.You can contact me at :Shashank AmbekarSenior ConsultantCap Gemini Consulting Plc.Mobile : 91-22-9820690525Email : shashank.ambekar@capgemini.com