Re: triggers

From: Michael Abbey <msabbey_at_magi.com>
Date: 1996/02/02
Message-ID: <4es1ff$jmh_at_news.magi.com>#1/1


Heather Dyson <dyson_at_template.com> wrote:

>I need to create a trigger in the database but
>it doesn't seem to be accepting it. I am using
>sqlplus. Can anyone tell me where I am going
>wrong?
 

>CREATE TRIGGER update_trig
>BEFORE
>UPDATE
>ON table
>BEGIN
> INSERT INTO table2
> VALUES(new.field, 1);
>END update_trig;

/
You need the slash in the previous line to terminate the PL/SQL block. Unless there are any other syntax errors, this will pass the PL/SQL to Oracle for compilation.

Michael

>Sqlplus just waits for more input.
 

>Thanks,
>Heather
Received on Fri Feb 02 1996 - 00:00:00 CET

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