AboutToUpdate and UpdateAllQuery

Question

We have extended DescriptorEventAdaptor to use the aboutToUpdate method for auditing fields. That works fine.
When an UpdateAllQuery is executed on an object I would expect the aboutToUpdate to add the auditing fields in the update statement too, specially when the locking field(version in my test case) gets added to my update statement.
But my tests show that this is not the case
The update statement that’s gets generated by UpdateAllQuery is -
UPDATE USER04.COMMODITY_RELATIONX SET VERSION = (VERSION + ?), DESCRIPTION = UPPER(DESCRIPTION) WHERE (NAME = ?)
Can someone please explain this and let me know what I am doing something wrong here.
Thanks.
This is my test –
ExpressionBuilder builder = new ExpressionBuilder();
Expression WhereClause = builder.get("name").equal("UpdateTest");
UpdateAllQuery updateQuery = new
UpdateAllQuery(CommodityRelationX.class);
updateQuery.setSelectionCriteria(WhereClause);
updateQuery.addUpdate(builder.get("description"),
builder.get("description").getFunction("UPPER"));
updateQuery.setShouldDeferExecutionInUOW(false);
int num = (Integer)uow.executeQuery(updateQuery);
txn.commit();

Answer 1

In your event first determine that this query is the UpdateAllQuery that you want, then add your updates.
If the column are not mapped you could use a query-key, or can use a field expression,
updateQuery.addUpdate(updateQuery.getExpressionBuilder().getField("UPDATEDBYCOL"), "UpdateUser");