Redo: Insert/Update Triggers Causing Problems when an Insert is ran via Script

  • I'm working on inserting data into a table in a database. The table has two separate triggers, one for insert and one for update (I don't like it this way, but that's how it's been for years). When there is a normal insert, done via a program, it looks like the triggers work fine. When I run an insert manually via a script, the first insert trigger will run, but the update trigger will fail. I narrowed down the issue to a root cause. This root issue is due to both triggers using the same temporary table name. When the second trigger runs, there's an error stating that a few columns don't exist. I went to my test server and test db and changed the update trigger so that the temporary table is different than the insert trigger temporary table and voila, the triggers work fine. The weird thing is that if the temporary table already exists, when the second trigger tries to create the temporary table, I would expect it to fail and say that it already exists. I haven't seen this issue before, any thoughts as to why this is happening and the best way to get around this? I'm probably just going to update the trigger tonight and change the temporary table name.

  • I guess rename one of them. But better to avoid using temp tables in a trigger unless absolutely necessary.

    The triggers probably need re-written. Post them here and we can help you do that.

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