Re: New to Triggers - Help Please -

Thanks to everyone who offered assistance - I don't know why but the trigger just would not work - I even had a second pair of eyes look at it, check the syntax and everything. I just handled it in code instead.

Mike

Mike M. <okana_at_msn.com> wrote in message news:G9Bx3.1487$Kuf.6225975_at_IRIS...
> I am just starting to write my own triggers and I have a big project ahead
> of me that may involve several of them - I already have several that
> evaluate and assign values upon inserts - those were a piece of cake - but
> now I'm dealing with data validation.
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> Here is the first one - and I'm not sure where the error is, actually I'm
> not even sure I'm doing it right.
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> I was using the GUI to try and design it, but a SQL statement will work
fine
> if I someone wants to assist me -
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> Oracle 8.05 on NT4
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> Table: Customers
> Column: OUTCOME
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> Before update on row: if old.outcome = 14500 and new.outcome in (11000,
> 12000, 11001) then new.outcome = 14500
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> In other words, if the new outcome code is 11000, 12000 or 11001 then
don't
> change it. And I don't need an error raised to the user.
>
> Some assistance would be greatly appreciated -
>
> Mike
> mikem_at_msamail.com
> okana_at_msn.com
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Received on Mon Aug 30 1999 - 08:53:56 CDT