Insert Update trigger how to determine if insert o

Question

I need to write an Insert, Update Trigger on table A which will delete all rows from table B whose one column (say Desc) has values like the value inserted/updated in the table A's column (say Col1). How would I go around writing it so that I can handle both Update and Insert cases. How would I determine if the trigger is executed for an update or insert.

Answer 1

This does the trick for me:

declare @action_type int;
select @action_type = case
                       when i.id is not null and d.id is     null then 1 -- insert
                       when i.id is not null and d.id is not null then 2 -- update
                       when i.id is     null and d.id is not null then 3 -- delete
                     end
  from      inserted i
  full join deleted  d on d.id = i.id

Since not all columns can be updated at a time you can check whether a particular column is being updated by something like this:

IF UPDATE([column_name])

Answer 2

Declare @Type varchar(50)='';
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM inserted) and  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM deleted)
BEGIN
    SELECT @Type = 'UPDATE'
END
ELSE IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM inserted)
BEGIN
    SELECT @Type = 'INSERT'
END
ElSE IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM deleted)
BEGIN
    SELECT @Type = 'DELETE'
END

Answer 3

A potential problem with the two solutions offered is that, depending on how they are written, an update query may update zero records and an insert query may insert zero records. In these cases, the Inserted and Deleted recordsets will be empty. In many cases, if both the Inserted and Deleted recordsets are empty you might just want to exit the trigger without doing anything.

Answer 4

declare @insCount int
declare @delCount int
declare @action char(1)

select @insCount = count(*) from INSERTED
select @delCount = count(*) from DELETED

    if(@insCount > 0 or @delCount > 0)--if something was actually affected, otherwise do nothing
    Begin
        if(@insCount = @delCount)
            set @action = 'U'--is update
        else if(@insCount > 0)
            set @action = 'I' --is insert
        else
            set @action = 'D' --is delete

        --do stuff here
    End

Answer 5

Quick solution MySQL

By the way: I'm using MySQL PDO.

(1) In an auto increment table just get the highest value (my column name = id) from the incremented column once every script run first:

$select = "
    SELECT  MAX(id) AS maxid
    FROM    [tablename]
    LIMIT   1
";

(2) Run the MySQL query as you normaly would, and cast the result to integer, e.g.:

$iMaxId = (int) $result[0]->maxid;

(3) After the "INSERT INTO ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE" query get the last inserted id your prefered way, e.g.:

$iLastInsertId = (int) $db->lastInsertId();

(4) Compare and react: If the lastInsertId is higher than the highest in the table, it's probably an INSERT, right? And vice versa.

if ($iLastInsertId > $iMaxObjektId) {
    // IT'S AN INSERT
}
else {
    // IT'S AN UPDATE
}

I know it's quick and maybe dirty. And it's an old post. But, hey, I was searching for a solution a for long time, and maybe somebody finds my way somewhat useful anyway. All the best!

Answer 6

I like solutions that are "computer science elegant." My solution here hits the [inserted] and [deleted] pseudotables once each to get their statuses and puts the result in a bit mapped variable. Then each possible combination of INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE can readily be tested throughout the trigger with efficient binary evaluations (except for the unlikely INSERT or DELETE combination).

It does make the assumption that it does not matter what the DML statement was if no rows were modified (which should satisfy the vast majority of cases). So while it is not as complete as Roman Pekar's solution, it is more efficient.

With this approach, we have the possibility of one "FOR INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE" trigger per table, giving us A) complete control over action order and b) one code implementation per multi-action-applicable action. (Obviously, every implementation model has its pros and cons; you will need to evaluate your systems individually for what really works best.)

Note that the "exists (select * from «inserted/deleted»)" statements are very efficient since there is no disk access (https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/01744422-23fe-42f6-9ab0-a255cdf2904a).

use tempdb
;
create table dbo.TrigAction (asdf int)
;
GO
create trigger dbo.TrigActionTrig
on dbo.TrigAction
for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE
as
declare @Action tinyint
;
-- Create bit map in @Action using bitwise OR "|"
set @Action = (-- 1: INSERT, 2: DELETE, 3: UPDATE, 0: No Rows Modified 
  (select case when exists (select * from inserted) then 1 else 0 end)
| (select case when exists (select * from deleted ) then 2 else 0 end))
;
-- 21 <- Binary bit values
-- 00 -> No Rows Modified
-- 01 -> INSERT -- INSERT and UPDATE have the 1 bit set
-- 11 -> UPDATE <
-- 10 -> DELETE -- DELETE and UPDATE have the 2 bit set

raiserror(N'@Action = %d', 10, 1, @Action) with nowait
;
if (@Action = 0) raiserror(N'No Data Modified.', 10, 1) with nowait
;
-- do things for INSERT only
if (@Action = 1) raiserror(N'Only for INSERT.', 10, 1) with nowait
;
-- do things for UPDATE only
if (@Action = 3) raiserror(N'Only for UPDATE.', 10, 1) with nowait
;
-- do things for DELETE only
if (@Action = 2) raiserror(N'Only for DELETE.', 10, 1) with nowait
;
-- do things for INSERT or UPDATE
if (@Action & 1 = 1) raiserror(N'For INSERT or UPDATE.', 10, 1) with nowait
;
-- do things for UPDATE or DELETE
if (@Action & 2 = 2) raiserror(N'For UPDATE or DELETE.', 10, 1) with nowait
;
-- do things for INSERT or DELETE (unlikely)
if (@Action in (1,2)) raiserror(N'For INSERT or DELETE.', 10, 1) with nowait
-- if already "return" on @Action = 0, then use @Action < 3 for INSERT or DELETE
;
GO

set nocount on;

raiserror(N'
INSERT 0...', 10, 1) with nowait;
insert dbo.TrigAction (asdf) select top 0 object_id from sys.objects;

raiserror(N'
INSERT 3...', 10, 1) with nowait;
insert dbo.TrigAction (asdf) select top 3 object_id from sys.objects;

raiserror(N'
UPDATE 0...', 10, 1) with nowait;
update t set asdf = asdf /1 from dbo.TrigAction t where asdf <> asdf;

raiserror(N'
UPDATE 3...', 10, 1) with nowait;
update t set asdf = asdf /1 from dbo.TrigAction t;

raiserror(N'
DELETE 0...', 10, 1) with nowait;
delete t from dbo.TrigAction t where asdf < 0;

raiserror(N'
DELETE 3...', 10, 1) with nowait;
delete t from dbo.TrigAction t;
GO

drop table dbo.TrigAction
;
GO