Wait for trigger

Hello
I need help making a VI for waiting for a trigger. I am working with a TDS 2024 scope.
I have to tell the scope how long to wait for the trigger and if it does not find it in that time, then it will tell the user that no trigger was found.
Can anyone help me with this?
xxmidna

Midna19 wrote:
Hello
I need help making a VI for waiting for a trigger. I am working with a TDS 2024 scope.
I have to tell the scope how long to wait for the trigger and if it does not find it in that time, then it will tell the user that no trigger was found.
Can anyone help me with this?
xxmidna
Time to break out the scope manual and see what commands are needed to achieve this. Put a VI together and then we can talk about refining it.
Alternatively, you can see if you can find some drivers for this scope. I think Tektronix has pretty good LV support.
(This assumes you know how to use the scope.)
Bill
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with table1 as (
select '1' no,'1' id, 'N' flag,'' result from dual union all
select '2' no,'1' id, 'N' flag,'B' result from dual union all
select '3' no,'1' id, '' flag,'B' result from dual union all
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select * from table1
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update table1
set flag= 'Y' where no =1
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select '5' no,'2' id, 'N' flag,'B' result from dual
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BEFORE UPDATE
ON table1 for each row
DECLARE
PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;
BEGIN
if :new.flag = 'Y' then
update table1
set result = 'A'
where id = :new.id ;
commit;
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ORA-00060: deadlock detected while waiting for resource
ORA-06512: at "test"
ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger 'test'
Please help to correct my trigger.

# Firstly you cannot define trigger using on subquery clause - WITH. e.g. table1.
# You might have used a trick to use PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS TRANSACTION to isolate trigger transaction from the main transaction but the deadlock will certainly going to occur as the main transaction already hold the row level lock which you are trying to update in trigger code.
# We will try to use common technique to capture all the ID whose flag is set as 'Y' in row level trigger and then in statement level trigger after update will update the column - "resut" for the ID.
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NO      NUMBER,
ID      NUMBER,
FLAG    VARCHAR2(1),
RESULT VARCHAR2(1)
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PROCEDURE UPD_T;
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BEGIN
PKG_T_MUTATING.UPD_T;
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         1          1 Y          A
         2          1 N          B
         3          1            B
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SQL>UPDATE T SET FLAG = 'Y' WHERE NO = 1 AND ID = 1;
1 row updated.
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