A typical use of Data Modification Language (DML) triggers is to prevent unwanted data modification. AFTER triggers are great at detecting the INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE action and rolling back the changes. A good security model can prevent these types of changes and should be the first line of defense. However, there are cases in which keys to the castle have to be given out for political reasons inside the organization. In that case, this type of preventive programming can be handy. Today, I am going to revisit the AUTOS…
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Various Triggers – Part 1
I am going to wrap up my discussion of LOGON TRIGGERS. The number and types of database triggers available to database administrators has increased over the years as the Microsoft SQL Server database engine has matured. There are now triggers for execution after both DDL and DML modifications. These triggers can be classified as AFTER – TSQL code to be executed after an action or INSTEAD OF – TSQL code to be executed in lue of a action. Triggers are commonly used in following tasks: Auditing data changes by place…