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BEFORE EVENT triggers, are for preventing the event from actually happening

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SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL primary key,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create or replace trigger emp_biu

 2   before insert or update
 3   on employee
 4   referencing new as new old as old
 5   for each row
 6  begin
 7      if  :new.city = "VAN" and :new.salary < 1000 then
 8          raise_application_error (-20999,"Wrong salary!");
 9      end if;
10
11      if  :new.city = "VAN" and :new.salary >3000 then
12          raise_application_error (-20999,"Too much!");
13      end if;
14  end;
15  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> update employee set salary = salary + salary, city="VAN"; update employee set salary = salary + salary, city="VAN"

      *

ERROR at line 1: ORA-20999: Too much! ORA-06512: at "sqle.EMP_BIU", line 7 ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger "sqle.EMP_BIU"

SQL> SQL> select * from employee; ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL></source>


BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE OF id

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SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL primary key,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


-------------------- -------------------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER CheckID

 2    BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE OF id
 3    ON employee
 4    FOR EACH ROW
 5  DECLARE
 6    v_ID  NUMBER(5);
 7  BEGIN
 8    SELECT id
 9      into v_ID
10      FROM employee
11      where id = :new.id;
12  EXCEPTION
13    WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN
14      RAISE_APPLICATION_ERROR(-20000, :new.id || " is not a " ||" valid ID");
15  END CheckID;
16  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> update employee set salary = 1000; 8 rows updated. SQL> SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("99","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

           *

ERROR at line 1: ORA-20000: 99 is not a valid ID ORA-06512: at "sqle.CHECKID", line 10 ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger "sqle.CHECKID"

SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped.</source>


Change data in a before insert or update trigger

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SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER employee_insert_update

 2    BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON employee
 3    FOR EACH ROW
 4  DECLARE
 5    dup_flag  INTEGER;
 6  BEGIN
 7       --Force all employee names to uppercase.
 8  :NEW.first_name := UPPER(:NEW.first_name);
 9  END;
10  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


---------- ---------- --------- --------- ---------- ---------- ---------------

01 JASON Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 ALISON Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 JAMES Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 CELIA Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 ROBERT Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 LINDA Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 DAVID Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 JAMES Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL></source>


Check and change new value in a before-insert trigger

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SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE incremented_values

 2  (value_inserted    NUMBER,
 3   value_incremented NUMBER);

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER increment_by_one

 2  BEFORE INSERT ON incremented_values
 3  FOR EACH ROW
 4  BEGIN
 5    :new.value_incremented := :new.value_incremented + 1;
 6  END;
 7  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER increment_by_two

 2  BEFORE INSERT ON incremented_values
 3  FOR EACH ROW
 4  BEGIN
 5    IF :new.value_incremented > 1 THEN
 6      :new.value_incremented := :new.value_incremented + 2;
 7    END IF;
 8  END;
 9  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO incremented_values VALUES(1,1); 1 row created. SQL> SQL> SELECT * FROM incremented_values; VALUE_INSERTED VALUE_INCREMENTED


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            1                 2

SQL> SQL> SQL> DROP TABLE incremented_values; Table dropped. SQL></source>


Check new value in before insert trigger

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE employee (

 2  id                             number,
 3  name                           varchar(100),
 4  birth_date                     date,
 5  gender                         varchar2(30) );

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE TRIGGER employee_bir

 2  BEFORE INSERT ON employee
 3  FOR EACH ROW
 4  begin
 5    if upper(:new.name) = "J" then
 6      raise_application_error(20000, "Sorry, that genius is not allowed.");
 7    end if;
 8  end;
 9  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> INSERT INTO employee (id,name,birth_date,gender )VALUES (100,"J",to_date("19230823", "YYYYMMDD"),"MALE" ); INSERT INTO employee (id,name,birth_date,gender )VALUES (100,"J",to_date("19230823", "YYYYMMDD"),"MALE" )

           *

ERROR at line 1: ORA-21000: error number argument to raise_application_error of 20000 is out of range ORA-06512: at "sqle.EMPLOYEE_BIR", line 3 ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger "sqle.EMPLOYEE_BIR"

SQL> SQL> drop table employee; Table dropped.</source>


Check new value in before trigger

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SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE game_player

 2  (player_id    NUMBER,
 3   game_id      NUMBER,
 4   group_number NUMBER,
 5   marked       VARCHAR2(1) DEFAULT "N",
 6   pcmac        VARCHAR2(1) DEFAULT "N",
 7   score        NUMBER,
 8   CONSTRAINT game_player_pk
 9   PRIMARY KEY (player_id, game_id, group_number));

Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER set_score

 2  BEFORE INSERT ON game_player
 3  FOR EACH ROW
 4  WHEN ( new.score IS NULL )
 5  BEGIN
 6    IF :NEW.marked = "Y" THEN
 7      :NEW.score := 10;
 8    ELSIF :NEW.pcmac = "Y" THEN
 9         :NEW.score := 5;
10    END IF;
11  END;
12  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table game_player; Table dropped.</source>


convert character values to upper case

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> create table employee

 2          (
 3           empl_no                integer         primary key
 4          ,lastname               varchar2(20)    not null
 5          ,firstname              varchar2(15)    not null
 6          ,midinit                varchar2(1)
 7          ,street                 varchar2(30)
 8          ,city                   varchar2(20)
 9          ,state                  varchar2(2)
10          ,zip                    varchar2(5)
11          ,zip_4                  varchar2(4)
12          ,area_code              varchar2(3)
13          ,phone                  varchar2(8)
14          ,company_name           varchar2(50));

Table created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(1,"Jones","Joe","J","10 Ave","New York","NY","11111","1111","111", "111-1111","A Company");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(2,"Smith","Sue","J","20 Ave","New York","NY","22222","2222","222", "222-111","B Company");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(3,"Anderson","Peggy","J","500 St","New York","NY","33333","3333","333", "333-3333","C Company");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(4,"Andy","Jill", null,"930 St","New York","NY","44444","4444","212", "634-7733","D Company");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(5,"OK","Carl","L","19 Drive","New York","NY","55555","3234","212", "243-4243","E Company");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(6,"Peter","Jee","Q","38 Ave","New York","NY","66666","4598","212", "454-5443","F Inc");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(7,"Baker","Paul","V","738 St.","Queens","NY","77777","3842","718", "664-4333","G Inc");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(8,"Young","Steve","J","388 Ave","New York","NY","88888","3468","212", "456-4566","H Associates Inc");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(9,"Mona","Joe","T","9300 Ave","Kansas City","MO","99999","3658","415", "456-4563","J Inc");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(10,"Hackett","Karen","S","Kings Rd. Apt 833","Bellmore","NY","61202","3898","516", "767-5677","AA Inc");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> insert into employee(empl_no,lastname,firstname,midinit,street,city,state,zip,zip_4,area_code,phone,company_name)

 2  values(11,"Bob","Jack","S","12 Giant Rd.","Newark","NJ","27377","3298","908", "123-7367","Z Associates");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create trigger employee_name

 2   before update or insert on employee
 3   for each row
 4  begin
 5    /* convert character values to upper case */
 6    :new.lastname := upper( :new.lastname );
 7    :new.firstname := upper( :new.firstname );
 8    dbms_output.put_line("trigger fired");
 9  end;
10  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> insert into employee

 2  (empl_no, firstname, lastname)
 3  values
 4  (3423, "dave", "anderson");

1 row created. SQL> SQL> select firstname, lastname

 2  from employee
 3  where empl_no = 3423;

FIRSTNAME LASTNAME


--------------------

DAVE ANDERSON SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table employee; Table dropped. SQL> SQL></source>


Fire a trigger before an update of the table

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SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> create table myaudit(

 2     id VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3     old_value VARCHAR2(40 BYTE),
 4     new_value VARCHAR2(40 BYTE)
 5  );

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


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01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER before_employee_salary_update

 2  BEFORE UPDATE OF salary
 3  ON employee
 4  FOR EACH ROW WHEN (new.salary < old.salary * 0.75)
 5  BEGIN
 6    dbms_output.put_line("id = " || :old.id);
 7    dbms_output.put_line("Old salary = " || :old.salary);
 8    dbms_output.put_line("New salary = " || :new.salary);
 9    dbms_output.put_line("The salary reduction is more than 25%");
10
11  INSERT INTO Myaudit (
12    id, old_value, new_value
13  ) VALUES (
14    :old.id, :old.salary, :new.salary
15  );
16  END before_employee_salary_update;
17  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> update employee set salary = 0; 8 rows updated. SQL> SQL> SQL> select * from employee; ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


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01 Jason Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 0 Toronto Programmer 02 Alison Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 0 Vancouver Tester 03 James Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 0 Vancouver Tester 04 Celia Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 0 Vancouver Manager 05 Robert Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 0 Vancouver Tester 06 Linda Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 0 New York Tester 07 David Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 0 New York Manager 08 James Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 0 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> select * from myaudit; ID OLD_VALUE NEW_VALUE


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01 1234.56 0 02 6661.78 0 03 6544.78 0 04 2344.78 0 05 2334.78 0 06 4322.78 0 07 7897.78 0 08 1232.78 0 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table myaudit; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> SQL></source>


Implementing Autonumbering Functionality

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> SQL> CREATE SEQUENCE idSeq; Sequence created. SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE myTable (Name VARCHAR(50) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,

 2                       PhoneNo VARCHAR(15));

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE myTableAudit

 2  (id INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 3   Operation VARCHAR(10),
 4   RecordedOn DATE DEFAULT SysDate,
 5   OldName VARCHAR(50),
 6   NewName VARCHAR(50),
 7   OldPhone VARCHAR(15),
 8   NewPhone VARCHAR(15));

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER idAutonumberTrigger

 2  BEFORE INSERT ON myTableAudit
 3  FOR EACH ROW
 4  BEGIN
 5     SELECT idSeq.NEXTVAL
 6     INTO :NEW.id FROM DUAL;
 7  END;
 8  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> drop SEQUENCE idSeq; Sequence dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table myTable; Table dropped. SQL> SQL> drop table myTableAudit; Table dropped. SQL></source>


Insert before trigger

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> -- create demo table SQL> create table Employee(

 2    ID                 VARCHAR2(4 BYTE)         NOT NULL,
 3    First_Name         VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 4    Last_Name          VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 5    Start_Date         DATE,
 6    End_Date           DATE,
 7    Salary             Number(8,2),
 8    City               VARCHAR2(10 BYTE),
 9    Description        VARCHAR2(15 BYTE)
10  )
11  /

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER employee_insert_update

 2    BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON employee
 3    FOR EACH ROW
 4  DECLARE
 5    dup_flag  INTEGER;
 6  BEGIN
 7       --Force all employee names to uppercase.
 8  :NEW.first_name := UPPER(:NEW.first_name);
 9  END;
10  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> -- prepare data SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2               values ("01","Jason",    "Martin",  to_date("19960725","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20060725","YYYYMMDD"), 1234.56, "Toronto",  "Programmer")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("02","Alison",   "Mathews", to_date("19760321","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19860221","YYYYMMDD"), 6661.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("03","James",    "Smith",   to_date("19781212","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19900315","YYYYMMDD"), 6544.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("04","Celia",    "Rice",    to_date("19821024","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19990421","YYYYMMDD"), 2344.78, "Vancouver","Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("05","Robert",   "Black",   to_date("19840115","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980808","YYYYMMDD"), 2334.78, "Vancouver","Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("06","Linda",    "Green",   to_date("19870730","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19960104","YYYYMMDD"), 4322.78,"New York",  "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("07","David",    "Larry",   to_date("19901231","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("19980212","YYYYMMDD"), 7897.78,"New York",  "Manager")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> insert into Employee(ID, First_Name, Last_Name, Start_Date, End_Date, Salary, City, Description)

 2                values("08","James",    "Cat",     to_date("19960917","YYYYMMDD"), to_date("20020415","YYYYMMDD"), 1232.78,"Vancouver", "Tester")
 3  /

1 row created. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- display data in the table SQL> select * from Employee

 2  /

ID FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME START_DAT END_DATE SALARY CITY DESCRIPTION


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01 JASON Martin 25-JUL-96 25-JUL-06 1234.56 Toronto Programmer 02 ALISON Mathews 21-MAR-76 21-FEB-86 6661.78 Vancouver Tester 03 JAMES Smith 12-DEC-78 15-MAR-90 6544.78 Vancouver Tester 04 CELIA Rice 24-OCT-82 21-APR-99 2344.78 Vancouver Manager 05 ROBERT Black 15-JAN-84 08-AUG-98 2334.78 Vancouver Tester 06 LINDA Green 30-JUL-87 04-JAN-96 4322.78 New York Tester 07 DAVID Larry 31-DEC-90 12-FEB-98 7897.78 New York Manager 08 JAMES Cat 17-SEP-96 15-APR-02 1232.78 Vancouver Tester 8 rows selected. SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> SQL> -- clean the table SQL> drop table Employee

 2  /

Table dropped. SQL></source>


Use trigger to create autoincrement column

   <source lang="sql">

SQL> SQL> CREATE TABLE myTable (

 2     myTableID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
 3     Name     VARCHAR(50),
 4     PhoneNo  VARCHAR(15) DEFAULT "Unknown Phone");

Table created. SQL> SQL> CREATE SEQUENCE SEQ;

SQL> SQL> CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER AUTONUMBER

 2  BEFORE INSERT ON myTable
 3  FOR EACH ROW
 4  BEGIN
 5     SELECT SEQ.NEXTVAL
 6     INTO :NEW.myTableID FROM DUAL;
 7  END;
 8  /

Trigger created. SQL> SQL> SQL> drop table myTable; Table dropped.</source>