Auditing a Database/Table

  • Hi All

    I need assistance

    We have a telephone management system application that connects to a database & write entries made from a phone, sometimes data doesn’t get written so i need a way of checking that DB if entries were written in the last hour if not then it should send an alert. I can configure a database mail but the part i need most is the auditing of that DB

    Thanks

    It's better to fail while trying, rather than fail without trying!!!

  • What assistance you want ?

    Vaibhav K Tiwari
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    To walk far walk together

  • Okay, maybe it's me i need to create a trigger that will audit a table where transactions are inserted when a phone call is made, some times the buffer of the telephone system doesnt send transactions to the table. I need to be alerted about that.

    I hope i'm clear, Thanks

    It's better to fail while trying, rather than fail without trying!!!

  • You want to know how to write trigger or what ?

    Please be specific

    Vaibhav K Tiwari
    To walk fast walk alone
    To walk far walk together

  • to write

    It's better to fail while trying, rather than fail without trying!!!

  • It doesn't sound like a trigger is what you're looking for, especially since you're trying to check for a negative, rows that have not been added to the table. Since this is based on an hourly occurrence, why not use SQL Agent and simply write a query that checks for the expected rows and if they're not there it raises an error. It's pretty straight forward to have an Agent job send an email when an error occurs.

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