Ejemplos desencadenadores (triggers)

Al borrar:

CREATE TRIGGER `sakila`.`actor_BEFORE_DELETE` BEFORE DELETE ON `actor` FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN

if OLD.actor_id between 1 and 20 then
 SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'No puedes borrar';
else
 insert into actor_log(first_name, last_name) values (OLD.first_name, OLD.last_name);
end if;
END

Al insertar:

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` TRIGGER `sakila`.`payment_BEFORE_INSERT` BEFORE INSERT ON `payment` FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
if NEW.amount>=10 then
 set NEW.amount=9.99;
end if;
END

Al modificar:

CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` TRIGGER `sakila`.`payment_BEFORE_UPDATE` BEFORE UPDATE ON `payment` FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN

if NEW.amount > OLD.amount then
 set NEW.amount=OLD.amount;
end if;

END