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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 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.