How trigger programs work

 

When a user or an application issues a change or read operation on a database file that has an associated trigger, the operation calls the appropriate trigger program or programs.

The change or read operation passes two parameters to the trigger program, as described in the following table.

Parameter	Description	Input or output	Type
1	Trigger buffer, which contains the information about the current change operation that is calling this trigger program.	Input	CHAR(*)
2	Trigger buffer length.	Input	BINARY(4)

From these inputs, the trigger program can refer to a copy of the original or the new records. You must code the trigger program so that it accepts these parameters.

 

Parent topic:

Creating trigger programs

 

Related concepts

Trigger buffer sections