Creating a Trigger

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A trigger is a database object that you create by specifying:

• The current table.
  
  
• The data modification transactions that activate the trigger: adding new data (INSERT), updating existing data (UPDATE), or deleting existing data (DELETE).
  
  
• The actions that the trigger will take immediately following the transactions you specified.

You write triggers in Transact-SQL for Microsoft^® SQL Server™ databases or PL/SQL for Oracle databases.

To create a trigger

1. In Data View, expand the Tables folder.
   
   
2. Right-click the name of the table that you want to create a trigger on.
   
   
3. Choose New Trigger from the shortcut menu.
   
   
4. A new trigger is created in a source code editor with the default SQL statements already defined for you.

   

5. Modify the default trigger text as follows:

   Replace	With
   TABLE1_Trigger1	The name you want to assign to the trigger
   dbo.TABLE1	The name of the table you want to attach the trigger to
   /*Insert, Update, Delete*/	The type of transactions that will activate this trigger
   /*If Update (column_name) …*/	The transactions that will take place

   
   
6. Write the remaining trigger text in SQL.

For syntax and examples of triggers, see your database documentation.