Oracle Before Update Trigger

In Oracle the BEFORE UPDATE Trigger will fire before the UPDATE operation is executed.

Oracle Before Update Trigger Syntax

Syntax

CREATE [OR REPLACE ] TRIGGER trigger_name  
	BEFORE UPDATE ON table_name    
	[FOR EACH ROW]    
DECLARE 
   Declaration-statements 
BEGIN  
   Executable-statements 
EXCEPTION 
   Exception-handling-statements 
END;

Where:

CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name: To create trigger with sutable name.

REPLACE OR REPLACE TRIGGER trigger_name: To replace trigger with sutable name.

BEFORE: To specifies when you want the trigger to be executed. The INSTEAD OF clause is used for creating trigger on a view.

UPDATE: To specifies DML operation.

[ON table_name]: To specifies the name of the table associated with the trigger.

[FOR EACH ROW]: To specifies a row level trigger, Otherwise the trigger will execute just once when the SQL statement is executed.

WHEN (condition): The condition on which the trigger would fire. This is valid for row level triggers.

Oracle Before Update Trigger Example

To show how to create an BEFORE UPDATE trigger using the CREATE TRIGGER statement, use the following syntax:

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER user_before_insert
BEFORE UPDATE
   ON tblCustomerLoan
   FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
   t_username varchar2(10);
BEGIN
   -- Find loged username performing UPDATE into table
   SELECT user INTO t_username
   FROM dual;
   -- Update create_date field to current system date
   :new.create_date := sysdate;
   -- Update created_by field to the username of the person performing the UPDATE
   :new.created_by := t_username;
END;

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