status

The status table holds the current status of each step of each case on the system.

Structure

The status table has the following structure:

TABLE status (
	node_id		INTEGER 	NOT NULL,
	proc_id		INTEGER 	NOT NULL,
	casenum		NUMERIC(20) 	NOT NULL,
	step_num 	INTEGER 	NOT NULL,
	step_status	INTEGER 	NOT NULL)

Column	Description
node_id	ID of the node that this step is hosted on, as defined in the nodes table.
proc_id	ID of the procedure that this step belongs to, as defined in the proc_index table.
casenum	Case number that this step belongs to, as defined in the case_information table.
step_num	Place number for this step (a unique ID that does not change between edits of a procedure). For internal use only.
step_status	Step status. Either: Not processed (0), Released (1), Outstanding (2) or Withdrawn (3).

Primary Key

The following primary key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)
pk_status	casenum proc_id step_num node_id

Foreign Keys

The following foreign key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)	Referenced in Table...
fk_status1 This key enforces the DELETE CASCADE referential action.	node_id proc_id casenum	case_information

Indexes

The following index is defined for this table.

Index Name	Column(s) Indexed
idx_status_fk	casenum proc_id node_id

Table Activity

The status table contains one row for each step of each case (open or closed) on the system. Rows are added, updated and deleted in the following situations.

A row is...	When...
added	a step is sent out, or a case is started.
updated	a step’s status changes.
deleted	a case is purged.