Another usage of Database Triggers is track Data Definition Language (DDL) changes that occur in a database. Today, I am going to enhance the AUTOS database script to add such auditing. This auditing is a very good practice when multiple people have syadmin rights to make such changes. First, I am going to create a schema called Audit Database Tracking (ADT) to seperate the data tables from audit tracking tables.
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<span style="color: #008000; font-size:small;">-- Delete existing schema. IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = N'ADT') DROP SCHEMA [ADT]; GO -- Create a ADT schema CREATE SCHEMA [ADT] AUTHORIZATION dbo; GO </span> |
Second, I am going to create a table to hold the keep track of the DDL changes that are…