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Define SQL Server Triggers

Use the SQL Server Trigger Editor to define the stored procedures that exist for SQL server in a SQL Server 2005/2008 physical model.

To define SQL Server triggers

  1. Click Triggers, Server on the Database menu.

    The SQL Server Trigger Editor opens.

  2. Select the trigger in the Navigation Grid that you want to define and work with the following options:

    Note: Click New <New> icon in property editors on the toolbar to create a new server trigger.

    Name

    Displays the server trigger name. You can change the trigger name in this field.

    Generate

    Generates SQL during forward engineering. Clear the check box if you do not want to generate SQL.

    Trigger Timing

    Specifies when the server trigger is executed. Make a selection from the drop-down list.

  3. Click the General tab and work with the following options:
    Trigger Events

    Specifies the server trigger events. If any of the selected events, or actions, occur in the server, the server trigger is executed. Select or clear the check boxes for the event groups and events that execute the server trigger.

    Type

    Specifies the permission level in effect when the server trigger is executed.

    Select User

    Specifies the user whose permissions are in effect for the execution of the server trigger.

    Note: This option is only available if you have selected the Execute As User option in the Type drop-down list.

    Enabled State

    Specifies whether the server trigger is enabled or disabled.

    Encryption

    Specifies that the server trigger is encrypted in the database.

    Not for replication

    Specifies that the server trigger is not invoked as part of database replication.

  4. Click the Code tab to define the code type for the server trigger.
  5. Click the Expanded tab to view expanded code for the server trigger.
  6. (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the server trigger.
  7. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the server trigger.
  8. Click Close.

    The server trigger is defined and the SQL Server Trigger Editor closes.

More information:

Define the Code Type for an Object in a SQL Server Property Editor

View Expanded Code in a Property Editor

Add a Comment in a Property Editor

Add a UDP in a Physical Property Editor