Introduction to MariaDB and MySQL triggers | Linux Today

Introduction to MariaDB and MySQL triggers

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Egidio Docile
Sep 6, 2018

MySQL/MariaDB triggers are stored programs associated with a table in a database, and used to automatically perform some actions when an INSERT, DELETE or UPDATE event is performed on the table. A trigger can be set to perform an action either before or after the event it is associated to. In this tutorial, we will see how to create and manage a trigger.

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Egidio Docile

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