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Define an Informix View Trigger

Use the View Trigger Editor to define the stored procedures that exist for a view in an Informix physical model.

To define an Informix view trigger

1. Right-click the view for which you want to define a trigger and click Trigger Properties.

   The Informix View Trigger Editor opens.

2. Select the view 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 view trigger. Use the Enter filter text box to filter a very large list of view triggers to quickly locate the one that you want to define.

   Name

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

   Insert

   Specifies to execute the view trigger on INSERT.

   Update

   Specifies to execute the view trigger on UPDATE.

   Delete

   Specifies to execute the view trigger on DELETE.

   Fire

   Specifies when the view trigger is executed.

   Generate

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

3. Click the General tab and define properties and referential integrity constraints.
4. Click the Update Columns tab to specify columns to use for the UPDATE execution.
5. Click the Code tab to define the code type for the view trigger.
6. Click the Expanded tab to view expanded code for the view trigger.
7. (Optional) Click the Comment tab and enter any comments that you want to associate with the view trigger.
8. (Optional) Click the UDP tab to work with user-defined properties for the view trigger.
9. (Optional) Click the Notes tab to view history associated with the view trigger and to add or view user notes.
10. Click Close.

    The view trigger is defined and the Informix View Trigger Editor closes.