OK, I got it! ;) As I searched in the deep of this mailinglist I found the solution to this issue: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb/5178 (February 20 2002 12:54pm)
What is stated there is, that only UPDATE-TRIGGER will have NEW and OLD, so for my purposes I have to modify my trigger as follows: CREATE TRIGGER customerdeletion FOR customer AFTER DELETE EXECUTE ( TRY IF addressID IS NOT NULL THEN DELETE FROM address WHERE <schema>.address_id = :OLD.addressID; IF invoiceaddressID IS NOT NULL THEN DELETE FROM address WHERE <schema>.address_ID = :OLD.invoiceaddressID; CATCH IF $rc <> 100 THEN STOP ($rc, 'Customer deletion failed'); ) I find it very inconsistent not to make NEW.<columnname> available when :NEW.<columnname> have to be used inside SQL-statements. Although the documentation should be changed ASAP, as it is very annoying to work with MaxDB when the reference states wrong information. Unfortunately there are only a few sources that can be used instead of the reference so it is more important to have a reliable source of information on hands ;) -- 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ -- MaxDB Discussion Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/maxdb To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]