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Hi guys,
I need to create a trigger that throws an error for duplicate items:
For example, I have a table called table1 that has two colums:
fld1, fld2... where fld2 is a NULL colum. I need to write a trigger that determines before an insert or update it has to check column fld2 and throw an error if trying to insert or update a duplicate value:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER SomeJob_TRIG
BEFORE INSERT OR UPDATE ON table1
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
SELECT fld2
INTO :new.v_fld2
FROM table1
WHERE fld2 IS NOT NULL;
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.
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END SomeJob_TRIG;
/
Any help would greate be appreciated.
Thanks,
- Gary
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could you put a unique constraint on fld2?
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No, I can not, because it may contain NULLs. I need to only evaluate on valid data.
- Gary
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Hey
u can't do this..
if :old. is null then
raise
else
end if;
Exception when then
Vijays
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unique constraint allows nulls - no problem. Only primary key and not null prevent nulls.
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That did it! Apparently, Oracle handles NULLs differently than SQL Server.
Thanks guys,
- Gary
