RE: Trigger Question

Dick, you cannot do that in an AFTER trigger.

Jared

On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 11:54, Goulet, Dick wrote:
> Wolfgang,
>
> Yes you may, within the trigger only, change values of that row only. it's known as
>
> :new.<column_name> := <whatever>;
>
> Dick Goulet
> Senior Oracle DBA
> Oracle Certified 8i DBA
>
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> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:39 PM
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>
>
> I'm sure I will be corrected if I'm wrong.
> Answers inline
>
> At 12:24 PM 1/8/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Firstly my apologies if this seems like a very *stupid* question but I'm a
> >tad confused (and it's late in the evening)
> >
> >When an AFTER INSERT trigger is fired (row level) has the row been committed
> >to the database at this stage?
>
> No. You could raise an error as part of what the trigger does in order to
> reject the action.
>
> >If so is it ok to call a package in the trigger that selects that row and
> >changes some values in the row?
>
> a) it is not so and
> b) you can not do anything with that row (or that table for that matter) in
> either the trigger or any called package or procedure. You'll get a
> "mutating table" error.
>
>
> >Thanks,
> >
> >N.
> >
>
> Wolfgang Breitling
> Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA
> Centrex Consulting Corporation
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