I have a database which contains some tables such as article, news, projects,...
I want to save a record to another table (Activity) when a record inserted into each table in database without activity
I don't want to create a trigger for each table.
How can I do it?
If you were to use an intermediate layer, such as an ORM like Entity Framework, you could, in effect, have a "database wide" trigger, by overriding the OnSaveChanges event to add a log record anytime something is committed to the database.
My answer on This Question does exactly that
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How do I create a trigger in Microsoft SQL server to keep a track of all deleted data of any table existing in the database into a single audit table? I do not want to write trigger for each and every table in the database. There will only be once single audit table which keeps a track of all the deleted data of any table.
For example:
If a data is deleted from a person table, get all the data of that person table and store it in an XML format in an audit table
Please check my solution that I tried to describe at SQL Server Log Tool for Capturing Data Changes
The solution is build on creating trigger on selected tables dynamically to capture data changes (after insert, update, delete) and store those in a general table.
Then a job executes periodically and parses data captured and stored in this general table. After data is parsed it will be easier for humans to understand and see easily which table field is changed and its old and new values
I hope this proposed solution helps you for your own solution,
I am currently creating a database at work that is essentially a child of another database. When our clients get our software they get a database, lets call it MasterBase. This database contains schema of two different smaller databases put together, lets call them MasterC and MasterF.
My job is to take all the schema that pertain to MasterF and put them in their own database. The problem is there are a lot of references to tables and views in MasterC. To work around this I will add a property that will pair MasterF with MasterC so that in my .NET solution I should be able to do things like:
Table tableName.... (table being created in MasterF)
References .... MasterC.dbo.tableC (table in MasterC)
However, in SQL this raises the error: MSG 1763 Cross-Database foreign key references are not supported.
I have read the most common work around is to add a trigger, but seeings how this is not that safe and there are MANY instances of this I was wondering if there was another way, perhaps a stored procedure or something of the sort.
If a trigger is really the best/only way and I MUST add a trigger to every table that has this problem, how would I go about writing this trigger, I know a little SQL but am hardly proficient.
Please Help!
Triggers (as you mention)...
Database Partitioning...
Duplicate the tables from MasterC (are they transactional? How often are they updated? Does MasterC need the updates? If so, can you allow for the copies to be updated every 24-hours, etc. via a "Job"?)
Per your last comment about individual builds, I guess I'd say that the threshold for when a client "needs" both is when they...well, "need" both. Sounds almost like you need a 3rd schema, for tables in MasterC that do NOT reference MasterF, for those clients you're categorizing as not needing both.
BTW -- this is all about referential integrity, yes? There are other strategies you could employ toward that goal, besides 'relationships'.
EDIT
CREATE TRIGGER myTrigger ON myTable
AFTER INSERT
AS
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM OtherDatabase.otherschema.othertable F
JOIN inserted AS i
ON F.KeyYouAreLookingFor = i.KeyYouHave)
BEGIN
RAISERROR ('Lookup Value Not Found -- Insert Failed', 16, 1);
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
RETURN
END;
I'm trying to figure out if there's a method for copying the contents of a main schema into a table of another schema, and then, somehow updating that copy or "refreshing" the copy as the main schema gets updated.
For example:
schema "BBLEARN", has table users
SELECT * INTO SIS_temp_data.dbo.bb_users FROM BBLEARN.dbo.users
This selects and inserts 23k rows into the table bb_course_users in my placeholder schema SIS_temp_data.
Thing is, the users table in the BBLEARN schema gets updated on a constant basis, whether or not new users get added, or there are updates to accounts or disables or enables, etc. The main reason for copying the table into a temp table is for data integration purposes and is unrelated to the question at hand.
So, is there a method in SQL Server that will allow me to "update" my new table in the spare schema based on when the data in the main schema gets updated? Or do I just need to run a scheduled task that does a SELECT * INTO every few hours?
Thank you.
You could create a trigger which updates the spare table whenever an updated or insert is performed on the main schema
see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190227.aspx
I don't have much knowledge in TRIGGERS, below is my doubt kindly suggest any answers.
SYSTEM:
I have a table called A with Triggers, it designed in such a way if any update/insert happens it will update/insert the same in Table B.
PROCESS:
Table A will get updated by multiple users
MY QUESTION:
I want to block one user/Batch JOB. i.e. if any update/insert is performed by this user/BatchJob in TABLE A, it wont be propagated to Table B.
IS it possible in DB2 Triggers? If so Please Help me. Thanks in Advance!
You could add a new table to your DB that contains users you want to block (or add a column to an existing user table).
Then change your trigger like this
if current_user is not in blocked_user_table
then
insert in table b
end
One simple method I've used in the past is basically just creating a second table whose structure mirrors the one I want to audit, and then create an update/delete trigger on the main table. Before a record is updated/deleted, the current state is saved to the audit table via the trigger.
While effective, the data in the audit table is not the most useful or simple to report off of. I'm wondering if anyone has a better method for auditing data changes?
There shouldn't be too many updates of these records, but it is highly sensitive information, so it is important to the customer that all changes are audited and easily reported on.
How much writing vs. reading of this table(s) do you expect?
I've used a single audit table, with columns for Table, Column, OldValue, NewValue, User, and ChangeDateTime - generic enough to work with any other changes in the DB, and while a LOT of data got written to that table, reports on that data were sparse enough that they could be run at low-use periods of the day.
Added:
If the amount of data vs. reporting is a concern, the audit table could be replicated to a read-only database server, allowing you to run reports whenever necessary without bogging down the master server from doing their work.
We are using two table design for this.
One table is holding data about transaction (database, table name, schema, column, application that triggered transaction, host name for login that started transaction, date, number of affected rows and couple more).
Second table is only used to store data changes so that we can undo changes if needed and report on old/new values.
Another option is to use a third party tool for this such as ApexSQL Audit or Change Data Capture feature in SQL Server.
I have found these two links useful:
Using CLR and single audit table.
Creating a generic audit trigger with SQL 2005 CLR
Using triggers and separate audit table for each table being audited.
How do I audit changes to SQL Server data?
Are there any built-in audit packages? Oracle has a nice package, which will even send audit changes off to a separate server outside the access of any bad guy who is modifying the SQL.
Their example is awesome... it shows how to alert on anybody modifying the audit tables.
OmniAudit might be a good solution for you need. I've never used it before because I'm quite happy writing my own audit routines, but it sounds good.
I use the approach described by Greg in his answer and populate the audit table with a stored procedure called from the table triggers.