T-SQL Print Command help please

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T-SQL Print Command help please

Thuan Pham-224808

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August 31, 2005 at 6:42 am

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I found this in the SQL books online. Print command returns a user message to the client. So I create a very simple trigger for table CustomerBudget in SQL server:
Create trigger [test] on customerBudget
for insert
as
begin
print "This is a test"
end
Then I go to MS access, do an ODBC link to the table, insert one record to the linked table but I didn't see the message: "This is a test".
I wonder if anybody can help me with this print command or other ways to display a message to client in a trigger. Thank you

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Lee Dise SSCarpal Tunnel Points: 4384 More actions · Answer 1

I think you're getting your PRINT output, but Access is losing it for you.

You could create a work table and instead of using PRINT, use an INSERT into that work table with the message you want to see.

Scott Coleman One Orange Chip Points: 27452 More actions · Answer 2

The PRINT command will work if you're in Query Analyzer, but it is a message and not part of the data results. Access isn't expecting extra messages, and I'm not even sure where you think it would be displayed.

I don't know why you're using Access as an interface to SQL Server for testing, but stop doing it. We'll forgive you this time.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 3

Try this, instead...

SELECT "This is a test"

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

sushila SSC-Dedicated Points: 35293 More actions · Answer 4

..except you'd want to change the double quotes to single...

SELECT 'This is a test'

**ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI !!!**

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 5

THAT's what I get for being in a hurry! Thanks, Sushila...

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

sushila SSC-Dedicated Points: 35293 More actions · Answer 6

anytime jeff!

seeing as how you always get everything right (hurry or not) this was probably a one-time catch!

**ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI !!!**

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004339 More actions · Answer 7

Now, I'm blushing But I haven't caught you yet and that's even better

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

sushila SSC-Dedicated Points: 35293 More actions · Answer 8

it's no consolation jeff - remi'll tell you (& i'll spare him the trouble of saying so) that it's only a matter of time!

**ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI !!!**

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 9

Ninja's_RGR'us

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September 4, 2005 at 1:27 pm

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It's also a matter of missed opportunities .

sushila SSC-Dedicated Points: 35293 More actions · Answer 10

ah - ever the perfect gentleman! thx. remi!

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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 11

Ninja's_RGR'us

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September 5, 2005 at 12:59 am

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I like to be accurate .

Thuan Pham-224808 Old Hand Points: 329 More actions · Answer 12

Thank you for all your help. I will try the Select 'This is a test' statement.

Scott Coleman One Orange Chip Points: 27452 More actions · Answer 13

Using SELECT inside a trigger may work, but it is a worse crime against nature than using Access as your front end for this kind of development & testing. You still haven't given any reason for not using Query Analyzer (where the PRINT will work).

From BOL:

Returning Results

It is recommended that a trigger not return any results. This is because special handling for these returned results must be written into every application in which modifications to the trigger table are allowed. To prevent any results from being returned from a trigger, do not include either SELECT statements or variable assignments in the definition of the trigger. If variable assignment must occur in a trigger, use a SET NOCOUNT statement at the beginning of the trigger to eliminate the return of any result sets.

Thuan Pham-224808 Old Hand Points: 329 More actions · Answer 14

Basically, this is what I want. I have an SQL server database and a Visual Foxpro application connecting to it. I can't change any code in the Visual Foxpro application (front end ). We bought it as a package. So I wonder if I can create triggers to send some message to the client when people insert a Sales order or do something else.