Hi
I would like to create a simple trigger on a Customer table to fullfill two fields, on should be filled when a new customer is inserted (DateAdded) and the other when the customer is edited (DateEdited), Yes I know it is quite simple but as I am not a database expert I do not know how to solve this problem.
Thank you in advance.
hey all, i found this auditing trigger, currently it just kicks out what was changed and when, id like to add who cause the trigger to fire as well (currently its just set to the "inventory" table). check under the "add the audit fields" comment for info:
CREATE TRIGGER TRG_inventory
ON [DBO].[inventory]
FOR DELETE,INSERT,UPDATE
AS
DECLARE @ACT CHAR(6)
DECLARE @DEL BIT
DECLARE @INS BIT
DECLARE @SQLSTRING VARCHAR(2000)
SET @DEL = 0
SET @INS = 0
IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM DELETED) SET @DEL=1
IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM INSERTED) SET @INS = 1
IF @INS = 1 AND @DEL = 1 SET @ACT = 'UPDATE'
IF @INS = 1 AND @DEL = 0 SET @ACT = 'INSERT'
IF @DEL = 1 AND @INS = 0 SET @ACT = 'DELETE'
IF @INS = 0 AND @DEL = 0 RETURN
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM SYSOBJECTS WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID(N'[DBO].[AUDIT_inventory]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(ID, N'ISUSERTABLE') = 1)
BEGIN
-- CREATE A MEMORY TABLE CONTAINING THE FIELDS AND TYPES OF THE TABLE
DECLARE @MEMTABLE TABLE
(
ID INT IDENTITY
,COLUMNAME SYSNAME
,TYPENAME VARCHAR(20)
)
-- INSERT THE COLUMNAMES AND THE DATATYPES
INSERT @MEMTABLE
(COLUMNAME,TYPENAME)
SELECT NAME,TYPE_NAME(XTYPE)
FROM SYSCOLUMNS
WHERE ID = OBJECT_ID('[DBO].[inventory]')
ORDER BY COLID
DECLARE @CUR INTEGER
DECLARE @MAX INTEGER
DECLARE @SQLSTR AS VARCHAR(8000)
DECLARE @CURCOL SYSNAME
DECLARE @COLTYPE AS VARCHAR(10)
-- SETUP VARIABLES
SET @SQLSTR = ''
SET @CUR=1
SELECT @MAX = MAX(ID) FROM @MEMTABLE
-- LOOP EVEY FIELD
WHILE @CUR <= @MAX
BEGIN
-- GET VALUES FROM THE MEMTABLE
SELECT @CURCOL = COLUMNAME,@COLTYPE = TYPENAME FROM @MEMTABLE WHERE ID = @CUR
IF @COLTYPE = 'INT' OR @COLTYPE = 'BIGINT' OR @COLTYPE='UNIQUEIDENTIFIER'
-- WE DO WANT TO COPY INT/BIGINT/UNIQUEIDENTIFIER FIELDS BUT IF THEY ARE AN
-- IDENTITY OR A ROWGUIDCOLUMN WE DO NOT WANT TO COPY THOSE ATTRIBUTES
SET @SQLSTR = @SQLSTR + ' CAST('+@CURCOL + ' AS '+@COLTYPE+') AS [' + @CURCOL +'] '
ELSE
-- ANOTHER FIELD DO NOTHING JUST COPY IT AS IT IS
SET @SQLSTR = @SQLSTR + ' '+@CURCOL + ' AS [' + @CURCOL +'] '
IF @CUR <= @MAX - 1 SET @SQLSTR=@SQLSTR + ','
SET @CUR = @CUR + 1
END
-- ADD THE AUDIT FIELDS
SET @SQLSTR = @SQLSTR +',CAST('' '' AS CHAR(6)) AS TRG_ACTION,CAST(GETDATE() AS DATETIME) AS TRG_DATE ' - tryin to add who made the update here, figure out what GETUSER translates to
-- SET UP THE SELECT FOR CREATING THE AUDIT TABLE
SET @SQLSTR = 'SELECT TOP 0 ' + @SQLSTR + ' INTO [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] FROM [DBO].[inventory]'
EXEC(@SQLSTR)
END
IF @ACT = 'INSERT' INSERT [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] SELECT *,'INSERT' ,GETDATE() FROM INSERTED
IF @ACT = 'DELETE' INSERT [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] SELECT *,'DELETE' ,GETDATE() FROM DELETED
IF @ACT = 'UPDATE' INSERT [DBO].[AUDIT_inventory] SELECT *,'UPDATE' ,GETDATE() FROM INSERTED
Hi All,
We have a requirement in the project to do auditing for some of the tables. We have come across different approaches of implementing auditing.
The following are the approaches:
Create a generic stored procedure to do auditing. Call this procedure whenever any tables that require auditing have insert/update/delete operation performed on it. Auditing and the DML operation should be part of a single transaction.
Create a generic CLR trigger to do the auditing. The CLR trigger can be attached to the tables that require auditing.
Create separate audit tables and triggers for each table which require auditing.
I would like to know whether there are any disadvantages of using triggers in production server. Could anyone please help me in identifying the best approach for implementing auditing?
Will there be any situation when the DML statements execute and the corresponding trigger fails?
Is there any performance degradation on using triggers for auditing compared to including the auditing logic implemented in the stored procedures? We have been advised not to use triggers in production environment. But we are not clear about the reason for this.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I DO NOT WANT TO REPLACE STORED PROCEDURE WITH TRIGGERS TO IMPLEMENT BUSINESS LOGIC. BUT IN THE SCENARIO THAT I DISCUSSED, I NEED TO CAPTURE THE LOG INFORMATION WHENEVE A DML STATMENT IS EXECUTED AGAINST THE TABLES. WHAT IS THE PREFERRED APPROACH HERE...USING TRIGGERS OR STORED PROCEDURES?
In general, is there any disadvantage in using triggers for auditing? Has anyone faced any issues with triggers? (Triggers not invoked during DML operations or any performance related issues) Please let us know.
Thanks,
Hi
I am building a pretty simple intranet application where we need to be able to track changes to tables. The tracking feature do not need to be very advanced, we just need to see who changed something and what it was. Therefore I decided just to use a trigger based solution, but need some input/advice since my SQL skills is somewhat lacking.
Consider the following (mock-up) schema:
-- My content table
CREATE TABLE [Content](
[ContentGuid] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT (newid()),
[Data] [nvarchar](4000) NOT NULL,
[ChangedBy] [nchar](10) NOT NULL,
[MaybeNull] [int] NULL
)
-- My history table
CREATE TABLE [History](
[ChangedTable] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,
[ReferenceGuid] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL,
[ChangedBy] [nchar](10) NOT NULL,
[ChangedOn] [datetime] NOT NULL DEFAULT (getutcdate()),
[IsDelete] [bit] NOT NULL DEFAULT ((0)),
[Changes] [xml] NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
-- My insert/update trigger
CREATE TRIGGER [RecordChangeOnInsertUpdate]
ON [Content]
AFTER INSERT,UPDATE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @Changes xml
SET @Changes = (select * from [inserted] for xml raw ('Content'), elements xsinil)
INSERT INTO [History]
([ChangedTable]
,[ReferenceGuid]
,[ChangedBy]
,[ChangedOn]
,[IsDelete]
,[Changes])
SELECT 'Content', ContentGuid, ChangedBy, getutcdate(), 0, @Changes
FROM [inserted]
END
-- My delete trigger
CREATE TRIGGER [RecordChangeOnDelete]
ON [Content]
AFTER DELETE
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @Changes xml
SET @Changes = (select * from [deleted] for xml raw ('Content'), elements xsinil)
INSERT INTO [History]
([ChangedTable]
,[ReferenceGuid]
,[ChangedBy]
,[ChangedOn]
,[IsDelete]
,[Changes])
SELECT 'Content', ContentGuid, ChangedBy, getutcdate(), 1, @Changes
FROM [deleted]
END
I have decided to use the "one history table for all table changes" method. The changes for a row is stored in a xml column which obviously limits the total size of columns in a table being tracked, but that is not a problem in my application. In general I like this set up, since I will be able to change the schema continuously without having to change the triggers, and since the application will probably evolve a lot over the coming months this is pretty important to me.
EDIT: I should add that all the tables I will be tracking have a uniqueidentifier column. This makes it possible to related table rows in the different tables being tracked with their history.
A few concerns with the above SQL:
- Can the inserted/deleted table change between "SET @Changes = (select * ..." and the "INSERT INTO ..." statement, such that the data is not valid? If so, how to work around that?
- If I were to (hypothetically) perform a "UPDATE [Content] SET [Data] = 'something'", not only is my update trigger called once for each row updated, but the XML added to the inserted row in the history table ([History].[Changes]) represent all the rows updated in the batch update. How do I get around this?
Are there any other issues I should be aware of?
Regards, Egil.
It seems to me there are two common strategies for doing DB audit trails via a trigger:
1. On an update to a row, duplicate that row in another table with
identical rows, except for perhaps the extra columns which represent
change date and changed by. Eg. When there is an update to the Customer
table, record the changes in Customer_Audit.
2. On an update to a row, check which fields were updated. Then in a
common audit table record the table, row ID, field, previous value and
new value of the field.
I'm wondering about the pros and cons of each. More specifically, do
the pros and cons change if you are using an O/R mapper (I'm using
NHibernate.)
Some thoughts on method 1 . It seems nice for an O/R mapper, since you
could have, say, a CustomerAudit Object inherit from your Customer
object and just add the properties change date and changed by. A
problem with this is you're going to add a whole lot of objects - one
for each object which you want to audit. Another drawback is that it
could be difficult to generate a history for a particular property
which was updated. Let's say I want to see the history of changes to
the customer's status. I have to load a collection of CustomerAudit
objects (which could be costly). Then I have to iterate through them
and compare the status properties to generate a history of statuses.
This is a pretty labor instensive method if you compare it to method 2,
where the change is recorded by field, not row.
Some thoughts on method 2. It's nice since the changes are by field,
not row, which (as above) makes generating a history easy. On the other
hand, you can never have a snapshot of a particular object at a
particular point in time. Moreover, I'm not sure how foreign keys would
be handled elegantly. I record that customer.statusID changes from 3 to
6. I'd have to do a seperate join to the customerstatus table to get
meaning for 3 and 6 (which method 1 would do automatically).
Thoughts? Any preferred way to do this with an O/R mapper?
Thanks
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I'm working on Sybase and recently started working on MS SQL Server. Can anyone guide me how to set up auditing for errors whether fatal or not?
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Dinesh
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