[db-wg] ***Error: Date in the future in changed: attribute '20070607'

Marco Hogewoning wrote:

[...]
> 
> Regarding your other comment on backdating changes, keep in mind that a lot of
> people actually keep a list of changed attributes in an object to have some
> history of when people made changes.

Which indeed is essential, as I was finding out recently.

Loosing or removing old changed: lines really gets some pieces of
software in the NCC mixed up. You'll only find out when applying for
additional address space. At least the *oldest* one should always be
preserved.

> So you must be able to insert changed attributes with a date in the past.
> Changing that would mean people have to find a new way to maintain history
> or the database should get intelligent enough to copy history from the old
> object before replacing it.
> 
> MarcoH

Wilfried.