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Running under SQL2000 I can not get an INSTEAD trigger to function. I've even copied the example directl from books online - no joy . . .
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Procedure IO_Trig_INS_Employee, Line 2
Line 2: Incorrect syntax near 'INSTEAD'.
CREATE TABLE Person
(
SSN char(11) PRIMARY KEY,
Name nvarchar(100),
Address nvarchar(100),
Birthdate datetime
)
CREATE TABLE EmployeeTable
(
EmployeeID int PRIMARY KEY,
SSN char(11) UNIQUE,
Department nvarchar(10),
Salary money,
CONSTRAINT FKEmpPer FOREIGN KEY (SSN)
REFERENCES Person (SSN)
)
CREATE VIEW Employee AS
SELECT P.SSN as SSN, Name, Address,
Birthdate, EmployeeID, Department, Salary
FROM Person P, EmployeeTable E
WHERE P.SSN = E.SSN
CREATE TABLE PersonDuplicates
(
SSN char(11),
Name nvarchar(100),
Address nvarchar(100),
Birthdate datetime,
InsertSNAME nchar(100),
WhenInserted datetime
)
CREATE TRIGGER IO_Trig_INS_Employee ON Employee
INSTEAD OF INSERT
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
-- Check for duplicate Person. If no duplicate, do an insert.
IF (NOT EXISTS (SELECT P.SSN
FROM Person P, inserted I
WHERE P.SSN = I.SSN))
INSERT INTO Person
SELECT SSN,Name,Address,Birthdate,Comment
FROM inserted
ELSE
-- Log attempt to insert duplicate Person row in PersonDuplicates table.
INSERT INTO PersonDuplicates
SELECT SSN,Name,Address,Birthdate,SUSER_SNAME(),GETDATE()
FROM inserted
-- Check for duplicate Employee. If no duplicate, do an insert.
IF (NOT EXISTS (SELECT E.SSN
FROM EmployeeTable E, inserted
WHERE E.SSN = inserted.SSN))
INSERT INTO EmployeeTable
SELECT EmployeeID,SSN, Department, Salary,Comment
FROM inserted
ELSE
--If duplicate, change to UPDATE so that there will not
--be a duplicate key violation error.
UPDATE EmployeeTable
SET EmployeeID = I.EmployeeID,
Department = I.Department,
Salary = I.Salary,
Comment = I.Comment
FROM EmployeeTable E, inserted I
WHERE E.SSN = I.SSN
END
