Oracle Before INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE Trigger

This statement specifies that Oracle will fire this trigger BEFORE the INSERT/UPDATE or DELETE operation is executed.

Syntax

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CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name
BEFORE INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE
 ON table_name
  [ FOR EACH ROW ]
DECLARE
   -- variable declarations
BEGIN
   -- trigger code
EXCEPTION
   WHEN ...
   -- exception handling
END;

Parameters

OR REPLACE: It is an optional parameter. It is used to re-create the trigger if it already exists. It facilitates you to change the trigger definition without using a DROP TRIGGER statement.

trigger_name: It specifies the name of the trigger that you want to create.

BEFORE INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE: It specifies that the trigger will be fired before the INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE operation is executed.

table_name: It specifies the name of the table on which trigger operation is being performed.

Limitations

BEFORE trigger cannot be created on a view.
You cannot update the OLD values.
You can only update the NEW values.

Oracle BEFORE Trigger Example
Consider, you have a "suppliers" table with the following parameters.

CREATE TABLE "SUPPLIERS" ( "SUPPLIER_ID" NUMBER, "SUPPLIER_NAME" VARCHAR2(4000), "SUPPLIER_ADDRESS" VARCHAR2(4000) ) /

You can use the following CREATE TRIGGER query to create a BEFORE INSERT or UPDATE or DELETE Trigger:

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER "SUPPLIERS_T1" BEFORE insert or update or delete on "SUPPLIERS" for each row begin when the person performs insert/update/delete operations into the table. end; / ALTER TRIGGER "SUPPLIERS_T1" ENABLE /

Here the trigger name is "SUPPLIERS_T1" and it is fired BEFORE the insert or update or delete operation is executed on the table "suppliers".

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