I want to make a trigger that, when I insert a string into column A, a shorter version (max 117 chars) gets inserted into column B, both in the same table.
How would I do this using SQL Server 2014?
In SQL Server 2014, you don't need a trigger or even a second column storing the data. Just use a computed column:
alter table t add b as (left(a, 117))
Triggers are not advisable but you could use this
CREATE TRIGGER tx_Shorten
ON [YourTable]
AFTER Update, Insert
AS
BEGIN
IF (SELECT [YourColumn2] FROM inserted) <> (SELECT [YourColumn2] FROM
deleted)
BEGIN
UPDATE [YourTable]
SET [YourColumn2] = (SELECT LEFT([YourColumn], 117))
FROM [YourTable]
END
END
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I am working in SQL Server Management Studio v18, and I have the following trigger:
CREATE TRIGGER [dbo].[update_surface]
ON [dbo].[my_table]
FOR INSERT
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE #surface_m2 REAL
SET #surface_m2 = (SELECT cast(round(CAST(Dimension1*Dimension2 as decimal)/ cast(1000000 as decimal),3,3) as decimal(10,3)) AS surface FROM my_table WHERE Surface_m2 IS NULL)
UPDATE dbo.my_table SET Surface_m2 = #surface_m2
END
I have two columns in my_table, which are Dimesion1 and Dimension2. I want that the trigger multiplies them, and set the result to other column in the same table, which is Surface_m2, whenever this column is null. The trigger does his function, but based on the type of insert I do:
If I insert a row in my_table by the graphic environment the trigger works as I wish. With each new row, Surface_m2 has his own result.
But if I insert by INSERT INTO my_table VALUES ().... (query) the trigger updates Surface_m2 column of all previous rows with the result of each new insert.
Why is the trigger working like that? Is there any other simple way to do what I am trying to do?
Thanks.
Insert trigger gives you actual values that are inserted in a special table called... "inserted".
So what you need to do is join this table against your main table and perform the logic needed, no variables required.
Something like this untested code
create trigger...
begin
UPDATE t
SET Surface_m2 = cast(round(CAST(t.Dimension1*t.Dimension2 as decimal)
/ cast(1000000 as decimal),3,3) as decimal(10,3))
from dbo.my_table t
inner join inserted i
ON i.ID = t.ID
WHERE t.Surface_m2 IS NULL
end
This begs the question though, why can't you just insert the Surface_m2 value yourself. Or even better, change Surface_m2 to be a computed column if it's always depends on Dimension1 and Dimension2
Is it possible in SQL Server 2008+ to force an UPDATE statement on table to be transformed into INSERT statement, thus creating new row with the old and updated columns?
Yes this is a typical scenario for an INSTEAD OF UPDATE TRIGGER.
Create the following trigger on your table and it will insert a row for each update made on your table. you can have a bit more logic inside your trigger but this is just a basic definition just to give you some idea.
Inside your INSTEAD of UPDATE trigger you will have access to two system tables Inserted and deleted.
Inserted table will hold new values for the row that was being updated by the Update statement.
Deleted table will hold Old values for the row that was being updated by the Update statement.
Demo Trigger
CREATE TRIGGER tr_Table_Instead_Of_Update
ON TABLE_NAME
INSTEAD OF UPDATE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME(Col1, Col2 , Col3)
SELECT Col1, Col2 , Col3
FROM inserted
END
How to update date Column DateMod to today's date when Column CustomerProductID is updated (not inserted) using an after update trigger in T-SQL?
Some background info: Table already contains list of products (key column Itemcode), once the CustomerProductID is received it changes the column for that particular row (product) from NULL to integer value. This update is the trigger to update column DateMod to todays date for the row (product).
I am using SSMS 2008 and have something like the following code which changes the whole date column, not the particular date field for the updated row:
CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name
ON Table1
AFTER UPDATE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
IF UPDATE (CustomerProductID) BEGIN
Update Table1
SET DateMod=GETDATE()
END
END
I have read some solutions using old.value and new.value or using where exists (select from inserted/updated), but how does that work? If both methods work, which one is the most beneficial in this case?
Thanks a lot!
I prefer do this as a before update trigger (a logical thing . . . doing updates in after update triggers suggests infinite loops and is not allowed in some databases). But SQL Server doesn't support that.
In any case, the right syntax is to use inserted to join back to the original table:
CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name
ON Table1
AFTER UPDATE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
IF UPDATE(CustomerProductID) BEGIN
Update t1
SET DateMod = GETDATE()
FROM Table1 t1 join
Inserted i
ON Table1.PrimaryKeyColumn = i.PrimaryKeyColumn
END
END
Change the code so PrimaryKeyColumn is the right primary key column.
I need to add a new column to an existing table, so that whenever a new row is added, or an existing row is edited, this column will be filled with the exact date and time of the transaction. I tried using TimeStamp but apparently TimeStamp it has nothing to do with Date time
It's just a binary representation of a consecutive number - it's only good for making sure a row hasn't change since it's been read. (Quoted from How to convert SQL Server's timestamp column to datetime format
Any help is highly appreciated
It sounds like you need to create a trigger to populate/update this new column. See the following: How to: Create trigger for auto update modified date with SQL Server 2008
You have to create a trigger on INSERT and UPDATE for the table and in the trigger you can use
UPDATE myTable
SET myColumn = GETDATE()
Your trigger should look somethign like
CREATE TRIGGER trigger_updateTimestamp
ON myTable
AFTER INSERT, UPDATE
AS
UPDATE myTable
SET myColumn = GETDATE()
WHERE ID = 'xyz'
try
ALTER TABLE myTable ADD CONSTRAINT [DF_myTable_myColumn] DEFAULT (getdate()) FOR [myColumn]
GO
... and a good practice is to have an extra column for edited date, and update using a trigger
CREATE TRIGGER trigger_updateMyTable
ON myTable
AFTER UPDATE
AS
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INSERTED)
BEGIN
IF ΝΟΤ EXISTS (SELECT * FROM DELETED)
BEGIN
UPDATE myTable
SET myEditColumn = GETDATE()
WHERE ID IN (
SELECT
ID
FROM INSERTED
)
END
END
In Sql Server 2008 is there a way to set a field that it can only be changed using a Trigger?
Example:
When you create a record it is set to NULL and then updated by a trigger to e.g 1.
It should not be able to be set to anything other than NULL by the user.
And then when it is updated the trigger will set the value to 2.
create table tmp (a int primary key, b int)
GO
create trigger tr_insupd_tmp on tmp
instead of insert, update
as
if not exists(select * from deleted)
-- Process Insert
insert into tmp
select a, 1
from inserted
else
-- Process Update
update tmp
set b = 2
from tmp t
inner join inserted i on t.a = i.a
GO
Have you considered using using computed columns. If you want data in this column to be only governed by database logic then computed columns are probably way to go.