Dick, you cannot do that in an AFTER trigger. Jared
On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 11:54, Goulet, Dick wrote: > Wolfgang, > > Yes you may, within the trigger only, change values of that row only. it's > known as > > :new.<column_name> := <whatever>; > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I'm sure I will be corrected if I'm wrong. > Answers inline > > At 12:24 PM 1/8/2004, you wrote: > > >Hi All, > > > >Firstly my apologies if this seems like a very *stupid* question but I'm a > >tad confused (and it's late in the evening) > > > >When an AFTER INSERT trigger is fired (row level) has the row been committed > >to the database at this stage? > > No. You could raise an error as part of what the trigger does in order to > reject the action. > > >If so is it ok to call a package in the trigger that selects that row and > >changes some values in the row? > > a) it is not so and > b) you can not do anything with that row (or that table for that matter) in > either the trigger or any called package or procedure. You'll get a > "mutating table" error. > > > >Thanks, > > > >N. > > > > Wolfgang Breitling > Oracle7, 8, 8i, 9i OCP DBA > Centrex Consulting Corporation > http://www.centrexcc.com > > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Wolfgang Breitling > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Goulet, Dick > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
