Re: Trigger usecase

On 7/30/24 13:28, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 11:46 AM sud <suds1434(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:suds1434(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
>
> Not sure of the exact pros and cons, but we were following certain
> rules like , if it's business logic which needs to be implemented in
> Database, then it should not be done using triggers but rather
> should be done through database procedure/functions. Hope this
> understanding correct.
>
>
> That is my personal take.  For process-oriented stuff you can follow the
> trail of calls all the way through to the end of the process and its
> final result.  With triggers you follow the trail to the
> insert/update/delete then stop thinking that's it, while in reality it
> continues because you have triggers performing yet more work.
>

"On insert/update/delete to this table the following actions are taken
via triggers using the supplied function/procedure:

Insert
Data is sent to audit table using table_audit()
Update
Data is sent to audit table using table_audit()
Delete
Data is sent to audit table using table_audit()

See function specific documentation below

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> David J.
>

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