Question on triggers

  • Hi,

    I have, as most triggers are, a single row trigger; that is it will only update one row, and that works fine.

    However, someone now runs a SQL Query that updates multiple rows at once, and I have not been able to see how to get this to do both.

    Here is the trigger and below that is a sample of the code they are using to insert rows.

    Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you

    ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trig_UpdatePlacementCount]
    ON [dbo].[DebtorHistory]
    FOR INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE
    AS
    BEGIN
    DECLARE @ModifiedFileNo varchar(20)

    -- get the inserted file_no; this will also have a
    -- value if a row is updated, which involves a delete
    -- and insert
    IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM INSERTED)
    BEGIN
    SELECT @ModifiedFileNo = I.file_no FROM INSERTED I
    END

    -- get the deleted file_no
    IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM DELETED)
    BEGIN
    SELECT @ModifiedFileNo = D.file_no FROM DELETED D
    END

    -- update the corresponding row in DI with
    -- the new placement count
    UPDATE DebtorInfo
    SET [placement_count] =
    (
    SELECT COUNT(*)
    FROM debtorhistory
    WHERE agy_id NOT IN ('DMP','WARE','UP-DMP')
    --AND sale_id IS NULL
    AND file_no = @ModifiedFileNo
    )
    WHERE DebtorInfo.[file_no] = @ModifiedFileNo
    END

    Here is their update code:

                  use DMPCRU_dev
    declare @agy_ID varchar (12) = 'ABC',
    @date date = getdate(),
    @sale_id varchar(20) = 'SD9999' ,
    @sale_file varchar(50) = 'TEST 9999',
    @contract_sale_price_ratio decimal (12,5) = '0.07',
    @sale_buyer varchar(25) = 'ASBROCK TEST',
    @misc varchar (1) = 'Q',
    @NETSale_price_ratio decimal (12,5) = '0.07'

    INSERT INTO DMPCRU_Dev.dbo.DebtorHistory
    (file_no ,agy_ID ,agy_fee ,placement_id ,placement_balance ,placement_date ,SIF_auth ,SIF_control_no ,sale_id ,sale_file ,sale_price ,sale_buyer
    ,sale_date ,recalled ,recall_date, created ,createdby ,sch_recall_date ,receive_proceeds ,file_creation_date ,remit_date,
    NetSale_price, brooker_price)
    select file_no,
    placement_count,
    @agy_ID as agy_ID,
    '0' as agy_fee,
    'SOLD' as placement_id,
    curr_prin_balance as placement_balance,
    @date as placement_date,
    '0' as SIF_auth,
    null as SIF_control_no,
    @sale_id as sale_id,
    @sale_file as sale_file,
    @contract_sale_price_ratio * curr_prin_balance as sale_price,
    @sale_buyer as sale_buyer,
    @date as sale_date,
    '0' as recalled,
    null as recall_date,
    @date as created,
    SYSTEM_USER as createdby,
    null as sch_recall_date,
    '1' as receive_proceeds,
    null as file_creation_date,
    null as remit_date ,
    @NETSale_price_ratio * curr_prin_balance as NetSale_price,
    (@contract_sale_price_ratio - @NETSale_price_ratio) * curr_prin_balance as brooker_price
    from DMPCRU_Dev.dbo.debtorinfo
    where misc_search = @misc

     

     

  • I hope your assertion that most triggers are single-row triggers is incorrect, although it certainly does appear to be a mistake that a lot of developers make!

    Something like this should get you started.  It's not tested, obviously, so make sure it works for you before it goes anywhere near production.  If the trigger is really only for updates, change the third line to FOR UPDATE

    John

    ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trig_UpdatePlacementCount]
    ON [dbo].[DebtorHistory]
    FOR UPDATE
    AS
    UPDATE di
    SET placement_count = COUNT(*) OVER (PARTITION BY di.file_no)
    FROM DebtorInfo di
    JOIN debtorhistory dh ON di.file_no = dh.file_no
    JOIN Inserted i on dh.file_no = i.file_no
    WHERE dh.agy_id NOT IN ('DMP','WARE','UP-DMP');
  • Thanks, I appreciate the help and I will check it out.

    One last question this looks like it would also work for a single insert as well. is that right?

    Thnaks

  • Yes, of course.  That's the intention, anyway!

    John

  • Something along these lines:

    ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trig_UpdatePlacementCount]
    ON [dbo].[DebtorHistory]
    AFTER INSERT, UPDATE
    AS
    BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;

    UPDATE DI
    SET placement_count = dh.file_no_count
    FROM dbo.DebtorInfo DI
    INNER JOIN inserted i ON i.file_no = DI.file_no
    INNER JOIN (
    SELECT file_no, COUNT(*) AS file_no_count
    FROM dbo.debtorhistory
    WHERE agy_id NOT IN ('DMP','WARE','UP-DMP')
    GROUP BY file_no
    ) AS dh ON dh.file_no = DI.file_no
    /*end of trigger*/

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  • Thanks again

  • just make sure no-one tries to put a stored proc call inside the trigger making an assumption that it is single row only.

    I've inherited triggers where they have put checks in place to roll back the transaction if more than one row is affected 🙁

    even worse, to overcome putting procs in a trigger, they created a cursor that calls the proc for each row modified...it's nearly impossible to get out of a situation like that. make sure you put a big comment at the top of the trigger warning people to code for multiple rows.

    🙂

    MVDBA

  • I would test for correct counts, but John's suggestion is a great example.

    Luis C.
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  • Thanks  to everyone here, especially john, it worked great and gave me a whole new perspective on triggers.

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