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SQL Server Triggers

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  • 28-09-2007 11:01am
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    warrenaldo
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭


    Folks,

    I want to set up a trigger that will fire automatically every year - lets say on 1st of jan.
    How would i do this?


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    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    warrenaldo wrote:
    Folks,

    I want to set up a trigger that will fire automatically every year - lets say on 1st of jan.
    How would i do this?

    I don't think you want a trigger for what you want to do. Is it related to the post yesterday about archiving on a certain date?

    If so, it's a scheduled job you want, not a trigger. A trigger is fired upon an event, such as an insert or an update. If you wanted a trigger to fire at 00:01am on 1st of Jan, somebody or something would have to do something to fire the trigger.

    A scheduled job on the other hand, will start at a specified time/date.


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    warrenaldo
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭warrenaldo


    Maybe thats where i am going wrong. All i could find was triggers based on delete, on insert etc etc.
    Ill start looking for scheduled jobs then.
    thanks.
    yes its related.


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