diff --git a/C4/Maintainance.pm b/C4/Maintainance.pm
index 43d0434a1e..107361c892 100644
--- a/C4/Maintainance.pm
+++ b/C4/Maintainance.pm
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ miscategorized items, etc.
 
 @ISA = qw(Exporter);
 @EXPORT = qw(&listsubjects &updatesub &shiftgroup &deletedbib &undeletebib
-&updatetype);
+&updatetype &logaction);
 
 =item listsubjects
 
@@ -215,6 +215,22 @@ sub updatetype{
   $sth->finish;
 }
 
+=item logaction
+
+  &logaction($usernumber, $modulename, $actionname, $infos);
+
+Adds a record into action_logs table to report the different changes upon the database
+
+=cut
+#'
+sub logaction{
+  my ($usernumber,$modulename, $actionname, $infos)=@_;
+  my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+	my $sth=$dbh->prepare("Insert into action_logs (timestamp,user,module,action,info) values (now(),?,?,?,?)");
+	$sth->execute($usernumber,$modulename,$actionname,$infos);
+	$sth->finish;
+}
+
 END { }       # module clean-up code here (global destructor)
 
 1;
diff --git a/updater/updatedatabase b/updater/updatedatabase
index aae26b476d..58dea1ce0c 100755
--- a/updater/updatedatabase
+++ b/updater/updatedatabase
@@ -383,6 +383,14 @@ my %requiretables = (
                              itemtypecodes text default '',
                              PRIMARY KEY (mediatypecode)
                             )",
+    `action_logs` 	=> "(
+				    `timestamp` TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL ,
+				    `user` INT( 11 ) NOT NULL ,
+				    `module` TEXT default '',
+				    `action` TEXT default '' ,
+				    `info` TEXT default '' ,
+				    PRIMARY KEY ( `timestamp` , `user` )
+			    )",
 );
 
 my %requirefields = (
@@ -1502,6 +1510,10 @@ $sth->finish;
 exit;
 
 # $Log$
+# Revision 1.107  2005/07/14 09:53:10  hdl
+# Adding a log facility for actions watching.
+# Code to be widely used in order to report data modifications.
+#
 # Revision 1.106  2005/07/06 17:47:22  hdl
 # Add branch selection and filter for budgets and funds.
 # May be too much... Funds could be enough....