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Multiple Owner Records

There are two error situations that cause CA IDMS/DB Audit to report a second owner in a set. Only Standard auditing detects multiple owners in a set. The way CA IDMS/DB Audit corrects multiple owner record errors is described in detail later in this chapter.

1. A single set contains two owners

In Figure 2.12, the set occurrence owned by the ENGLISH record is a complete set chain. As the set is walked from the ENGLISH record, however, another owner record (MATH) is encountered.

Figure 2.12: One Set Contains Two Owners

2. A broken set points into a complete set

The set owned by the HISTORY record in Figure 2.13 is broken. When this set is walked in the next direction, a second owner record (CHEMISTRY) is retrieved. Carol Smith's next db-key points to James Lyons' record, which is in the set occurrence owned by CHEMISTRY.

Figure 2.13: Broken Set Points to a Complete Set