1 – call-statement
Specifies the stored procedure to invoke. You can only call procedures with IN parameters. Operations on the triggering table are not permitted due to possible side effects and recursive calls.
2 – column-name
The name of a column within the specified table to be checked for deletion, modification, or insertion. Use this argument only with UPDATE triggers.
3 – delete-statement
Specifies the row of a table that you want to delete. If you specify CURRENT OF cursor-name with the WHERE clause of the DELETE statement, you receive an error message because the cursor is not visible to the CREATE TRIGGER statement.
4 – ERROR
Provides the following message: RDMS-E-TRIG_ERROR, Trigger 'trigger_name' forced an error. A triggered ERROR statement cancels the DELETE, UPDATE, or INSERT statement that invoked the trigger.
5 – FOR_EACH
Syntax options: FOR EACH ROW | FOR EACH STATEMENT Specifies whether the triggered action is evaluated once per triggering statement, or for each row of the subject table that is affected by the triggering statement. If you specify FOR EACH STATEMENT, then the triggered action is evaluated only once, and row values are not available to the triggered action. The FOR EACH STATEMENT clause is the default.
6 – insert-statement
Specifies the new row or rows you want to add to a table.
7 – old-correlation-name
A temporary name used to refer to the row values as they existed before an UPDATE operation occurred. If you do not specify the FOR EACH ROW clause, this correlation name cannot be referred to in the triggered statement.
8 – new-correlation-name
A temporary name used to refer to the new row values to be applied by the UPDATE operation. If you do not specify the FOR EACH ROW clause, this correlation name cannot be referred to in the triggered statement.
9 – referencing-clause
Lets you specify whether you want to refer to the row values as they existed before an UPDATE operation occurred or the new row values after they are applied by the UPDATE operation. Do not use this clause with INSERT or DELETE operations. You can specify each option (OLD AS old-correlation-name or NEW AS new-correlation-name) only once in the referencing clause.
10 – signal-statement
Specifies that the signaled SQLSTATE status parameter is to be passed back to the application or SQL interface and that the current routine and all calling routines are to be terminated. This provides a more complete error mechanism than is provided by the ERROR clause.
11 – STORED_NAME_IS
Specifies a name that Oracle Rdb uses to access a trigger created in a multischema database. The stored name allows you to access multischema definitions using interfaces, such as Oracle RMU, the Oracle Rdb management utility, that do not recognize multiple schemas in one database. You cannot specify a stored name for a trigger in a database that does not allow multiple schemas. For more information on stored names, see the User_Supplied_Names HELP topic.
12 – table-name
The name of the table for which this trigger is defined.
13 – trace-statement
Allows applications to add triggers to log information when trace logging is active.
14 – triggered-action
Consists of an optional predicate, some triggered statements, and an optional frequency clause. If specified, the predicate must evaluate to true for the triggered statements in the triggered action clause to execute. Each triggered statement is executed in the order in which it appears within the triggered action clause.
15 – triggered-statement
Updates the database or generates an error message.
16 – update-statement
Specifies the row of a table that you want to modify. If you specify CURRENT OF cursor-name with the WHERE clause of the UPDATE statement, you receive an error message because the cursor is not visible to the CREATE TRIGGER statement.
17 – WHEN predicate
Describes the optional condition that must be satisfied before the associated triggered statements are executed. This predicate cannot refer to any host language variable. To avoid ambiguity between columns and external function callouts, use parentheses around the predicate in the WHEN clause.