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What is the advantage of trigger in SQL Server?
Pros of SQL Server Triggers Triggers are easy to code. The fact that they are coded like stored procedures which makes getting started with triggers easy. Triggers allow you to create basic auditing.
Are triggers good SQL?
Using triggers is quite valid when their use is justified. For example, they have good value in auditing (keeping history of data) without requiring explicit procedural code with every CRUD command on every table. Triggers give you control just before data is changed and just after the data is changed.
How does the number of SQL server triggers affect performance?
Reducing the number of triggers rolled back reduces SQL Server’s overhead and boosts its performance. [2000, 2005] Updated 9-18-2006 The amount of time that a trigger takes to run is mostly a function of the number of tables referenced in the trigger and the number of rows affected by the code inside the trigger.
What is trigger for insert in SQL Server?
The trigger named historicinsert inserts data in the table historicproductsalestrigger when an insert occurs in the dbo.sales2017trigger. Here it is how to store the historical records using the output clause (option 1): OUTPUT used the table inserted, which is a temporal table that stores the rows inserted.
When to remove the triggers in SQL Server?
If you have an older (7.0 and older) application that you have moved to SQL Server 2000/2005, and it used triggers to perform cascading deletes, consider removing the triggers and using cascading referential integrity instead. [2000, 2005] Updated 9-18-2006
When to use triggers or referential integrity in SQL?
If you need to implement cascading referential integrity (such as cascading deletes) in your SQL databases, use the cascading referential integrity constraint instead of triggers to perform the cascading delete, as they are much more efficient and can boost performance.