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Last Updated: May 03, 2006

Should you use triggers? Will they impact performance? How can they be tuned? Get help answering these questions and find more trigger troubleshooting advice here.
>>	Ask Development expert Greg Low for help troubleshooting trigger problems.
>>	Look up SQL Server stored procedures in this tips section.

Optimize database triggers in SQL Server 2000

(03 May 2006)

It is hard to follow the logic behind triggers and easy to forget about them in time. So why and when should you use them? This special feature outlines trigger performance issues and design considerations.

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ADVICE:
>>	Using Microsoft SQL Server triggers TIP :Not sure why or when to use SQL Server triggers? This series breaks down the basics, including design considerations and ...
>>	Use SET NOCOUNT ON for better trigger performance TIP :Trigger performance is often slowed by unforeseen, automatic SQL Server delays. Serdar Yegulalp identifies the command you ...
>>	Troubleshooting triggers in SQL Server TIP :A trigger is code that is executed when there is a specific data change in a table and is particularly important when you ...
>>	How to set a trigger to execute daily ASK THE EXPERTS :I created a trigger on tblauditordetails. I want the trigger to be executed once daily, or at regular intervals. Could you ...
>>	Code trigger that captures login and system date ASK THE EXPERTS :I need code for a trigger that captures the user/login and system date after a specific column has been updated in a table.
>>	Difficulties transferring stored procedures and triggers ASK THE EXPERTS :I have copied my database from a Windows 2000 Server with SQL Server 7.0 Standard Edition to a Windows 2003 Server with SQL ...
>>	SQL Server 2005 DDL vs. DML triggers ASK THE EXPERTS :What are DDL triggers? Are they different than normal triggers?


LEARNING TOOLS:
>>	Why use triggers in Microsoft SQL Server?
>>	Designing and implementing triggers in Microsoft SQL Server
>>	SQL Server trigger example: INSTEAD OF triggers vs. AFTER triggers
>>	SQL Server trigger example: One trigger vs. two for the same logic
>>	SQL Server trigger example: Nested triggers in SQL Server
>>	SQL Server example: Heavy insertion process from OLTP and triggers
>>	SQL Server trigger example: Cursors in SQL Server triggers

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