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Oracle BEFORE UPDATE trigger
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a BEFORE UPDATE trigger (before updating) in Oracle with syntax and examples.
Oracle executes (excites) the BEFORE UPDATE trigger before executing the UPDATE operator.
Syntax of BEFORE UPDATE trigger
CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER name_trigger
BEFORE UPDATE
ON table_name
[ FOR EACH ROW ]
DECLARE
- variable declaration
BEGIN
- trigger code
EXCEPTION
WHEN ...
- emergency handling
END;
Parameters or arguments
- Trigger_name – The name of the trigger to be created.
- BEFORE UPDATE – indicates that the trigger is triggered before the UPDATE operator is executed.
- table_name – The name of the table for which the trigger was created.
Restrictions
- You cannot create a trigger in views.
- You can refresh :NEW (new) values.
- You cannot refresh :OLD values.
Example
Let’s consider an example of how to create a BEFORE UPDATE trigger using the CREATE TRIGGER construction.
If you have created a table of the following structure:
CREATE TABLE orders
( order_id number(5),
number(4),
cost_per_item number(6,2),
total_cost number(8,2),
updated_date date,
updated_by varchar2(10)
);
Then we will create a BEFORE UPDATE trigger as follows:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER orders_before_update
BEFORE UPDATE
ON orders
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
v_username varchar2(10);
BEGIN
-- Find the person username who performs UPDATE in the table
SELECT user INTO v_username
FROM dual;
-- Update the updated_date field to the current system date
:new.updated_date := sysdate;
-- Update the updated_by field on the username that performed the UPDATE
:new.updated_by := v_username;
END;
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