Trigger program in as400

If you click on the links you will see what others are available. Hi Simon, thanks for the great article. Thank you. Try using "green screen" and add it manually using IBM i commands.

Can some one tell me if SQL Trigger is efficient when compared to traditional external trigger? To prevent "comment spam" all comments are moderated. Learn about this website's comments policy here.

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Line 5: Marks the beginning of the trigger code. Line 2: I am only interested when a delete is performed. Line 3: When a delete is performed there is only information in the old row. If you do please share it in comments below. Labels: programming , sql. Simon Hutchinson September 21, at AM. Glenn Gundermann September 21, at AM. Damery World September 21, at AM. David September 21, at AM.

Simon Hutchinson September 21, at PM. David September 22, at PM. Anonymous October 28, at PM. Simon Hutchinson October 28, at PM. This is true for every profession. Triggers is the subject of this article. It is a simple concept and it can be applied in a lot of situations where data checks and edits are repeated from one program to another. As time goes by, databases grow. The working life of the average programmer is divided into two halves:.

Half Number One: We create data models to store and organize data in space-efficient and logically organized ways. A trigger is an action, or set of actions that are invoked automatically when a specified operation is performed on a specified physical file. The operation can be an insert, an update, or a delete instruction in a high level language statement in an application program. The action is executed by a user-written program. Database users can use triggers to: validate input data; query from other files for cross referencing purposes; enforce business rules; access system functions for example, print an exception message when a rule is violated ; replicate data to different files to achieve data consistency, and write to other files for audit trail purposes.

Faster application development: Because triggers are stored in the database, the actions performed by triggers do not have to be coded in each HLL application. Global enforcement of business rules: A trigger can to be defined once and then reused for any application using the database.

Maintenance savings: If a business policy changes, it is necessary to change only the trigger program linked to a database file instead of every application program that touches it. Automated enforcement of complex business rules: Triggers can stand alone, or can also be used in conjunction with commitment control and with referential integrity. With these tools, one could potentially make business rules practically self-enforcing; regardless of the application that touches the data.

The first is a physical file to which the trigger will be linked. The second is a trigger event definition, which is the action that will set off or "pull" the trigger. This can be an add, update or delete record within the chosen physical file. Finally there must be a trigger time definition, the time at which the trigger will be "pulled".

This can be before the event, after the event, or both. You can associate a maximum of six triggers to one physical file, one for each of the following situations: before an insert; after an insert; before a delete; after a delete; before an update; and, after an update. A trigger program will be literally called as a result of the trigger being "pulled".

It will be in a position to receive information about the record to be added or updated in the physical file to monitor and it will take action based on that data. This can mean to perform a number of other database actions such as other writes or a check from one file to an other which can result in success or failure. The failure will be detected by the operating system. The trigger program is user-written. Once the association exists between a file and a trigger program, the system calls the trigger program when a data operation is initiated against the physical file, any member of the physical file, and any logical file created over the physical file.

Once you remove this association, no action is taken if a change is made to the physical file. The trigger program, however, remains on the system. It provides a list of the triggers associated with a file. The information provided is:. The number of trigger programs note that there can be up to 6 per file - one per action.

The trigger program names and libraries. The login page will open in a new tab. After logging in you can close it and return to this page.

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