Chapter 8, Problem 14P

Program Plan Intro

Trigger:

The trigger is a named set of SQL statement that is executed at the time of data modification or meets some data description.

• If the stated trigger condition meets up, then the mentioned action in the trigger has been performed.

There are three parts of trigger; they are:

Event:

• It specifies the change to be made, such as an UPDATE or DELETE of a record.

Condition:

• It specifies the condition to examine the records about to be affected. For each record, that meets the condition given in the trigger.

Action:

• The action performed after the start of the trigger.

The syntax to create a trigger is as given below:

CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name

{BEFORE| AFTER|INSTEAD OF} {INSERT|DELETE|UPDATE} ON

table_name

[FOR EACH{ROW|STATEMENT}] [WHEN(condition)]

<triggered SQL statement here>;