[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: weird NEW [VALUE] option for TRIGGER PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGN statement

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Doc says for TRIGGER PROCEDURE Statement : TRIGGER PROCEDURE FOR ASSIGN { { OF table .field } | { NEW [ VALUE ] value1 { AS data-type | LIKE db-field } } } [...] The pipe means we can either use OF table.field option that I know, or (reader XOR) this option: NEW [ VALUE ] value1 { AS data-type | LIKE db-field } => that I do not understand? With that last syntax, what is the target of the ASSIGN trigger? Is it still Database field? Could it target a non database schema element like a temp-table field or a variable/property ? Doc also says: "If the event is ASSIGN, the object must be a reference to a database field qualified by a table name." I'm really perplex because if the point of this syntax is just to handle the new value of a DB Field in a clearer way (explicit variable), then why would we have to define the data-type with AS or LIKE since it should be the type of target DB Field ? An example would be appreciated for this case. /S

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