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Re: Mutating table problem. Help?

From: Michel Cadot <micadot_at_netcourrier.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 10:01:28 +0200
Message-ID: <7rkve2$6d$1@oceanite.cybercable.fr>


You cannot select from the table in one of its triggers.

The work around depends on what you want to do. So tell us more.

Clint Fell a écrit dans le message <37DDB340.16DD2056_at_dave-world.net>...
>Greetings. I couldn't find anything in the group regarding this, though
>I expect its probably been asked before. So please hear me out.
>
>Here's my situation. I've created these triggers on table A for after
>update, delete and insert on that table. The triggers themselves select
>some data from table A and insert it into table B, which has no
>relations to or from table A. I get the mutating table error.
>
>All of my Oracle manuals agree that one cannot update a table that the
>trigger is on, in that trigger, but I'm only doing a select. 1/2 of my
>books specifically say I can do a select, 1/2 say I can't. Which is
>true, and if I can't do a select, do I have another option here?
>
>Thanks.
>
>-Brian Day
>whitewlf_at_bigbrother.net
>
>
>
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