hi experts,
I have two tables, A and B. I need to insert into a new row into table B when insert into a new row of A. How could I do that without writing two SQL in java codes?
I tried to create an insert trigger for table B, which should be triggered when a new row inserting into table A. However, I don't know how to pass the new value in the trigger body for table B since it is a variable, not a constant
for example,
insert into A (c,d,e) values (.....)
should trigger
insert into B(col1, col2) values (entry1, entry2)
but how to pass the entry1 and entry2 into the triggerB when insert happen on table A?
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Insert trigger is the way to go. e.g.
CREATE trigger test_trig ON table_a AFTER INSERT FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
-- :NEW is the new row in TABLE_A...
INSERT INTO table_b( table_a_name ) VALUES( :NEW.name );
END;
/
For insert, :NEW is the new row, for update, :OLD is the old row, :NEW the new row, for delete, :OLD is the row deleted (note AFTER action and BEFORE action have different meanings on the triggers....
sorry, missed the bit about inserting completely non-related data into table_b....
If the data to go into table_b is not part of table_a (or cannot be calculated from the values in table_a) then there is no way (apart from creating a view to contain all relevant data, and using an INSTEAD OF trigger to insert into both tables) to get the data in in one statement - but then again, as seazodiac says, if the data is unrelated, then there should be no real reason not to use seperate SQL (transactionality can be handled by the session if you are worried about that...)
Are the values for the insert into table B the same (or some of the same) values that are inserted into table A? If yes, then it is easy to write a trigger to do that insert for you as cjjclifford suggested.
One possible complication: if the tables are related to each other by a foreign key, then a simple trigger approach like this will not work, it will cause a "mutating table error". If that is true, then you have to use a more complex, multiple trigger approach, but it is possible.
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by: seazodiacPosted on 2004-10-15 at 09:13:55ID: 12321140
if table A and table B are totally unassociated, the values for insert to B does not have any bearings with values for insert to A,
then you's better write two sql for each.
if your concern is that you want to make sure they happen together or none
then just make sure they are in the same transaction, like putting them into one procedure
create procedure test
as
begin
insert into A (c,d,e) values (.....)
insert into B(col1, col2) values (entry1, entry2)
end;
/