> I certainly do appreciate any help I can get.
> >
> > This is a lot of overhead for places it is not needed.
> >
>
> Any suggestions for solving the general given problem with less overhead?-:)
Yes, this is a natural use for a trigger. Create the column in the base
table, and have it stuff the value on insert. You have to make the
trigger on each derived table, but you may be able to use the same
trigger on all tables. This is how we are implementing time travel.
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