My proposed trigger:
#START TRIGGER
delimiter //
DECLARE msg VARCHAR(255);
CREATE TRIGGER passStandard_check BEFORE INSERT ON Module
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF NEW.passStandard < 0 || NEW.passStandard > 1 THEN
set msg = concat('Trigger Error: Pass Standard: ', cast(NEW.passStandard as char));
signal sqlstate '45000' set message_text = msg;
END
//
delimiter ;
#END TRIGGER
But I get the following error:
Error Code: 1064. You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'DECLARE msg VARCHAR(255); CREATE TRIGGER passStandard_check BEFORE INSERT ON Mod' at line 1
Adding in END IF does not make any difference.
passStandard is set to an INT NOT NULL.
Edit
I've moved the DECLARE statement after the BEGIN:
#START TRIGGER
delimiter //
CREATE TRIGGER passStandard_check BEFORE INSERT ON Module
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
DECLARE msg VARCHAR(255);
IF NEW.passStandard < 0 || NEW.passStandard > 1 THEN
set msg = concat('Trigger Error: Pass Standard: ', cast(NEW.passStandard as char));
signal sqlstate '45000' set message_text = msg;
END IF;
END
//
delimiter ;
#END TRIGGER
But I still get this error:
Error Code: 1064. You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'sqlstate '45000' set message_text = msg; END IF; END' at line 7
解决方案
You need to declare your variable "msg" inside your procedure and use END IF
#START TRIGGER
delimiter //
CREATE TRIGGER passStandard_check BEFORE INSERT ON Module
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
DECLARE msg VARCHAR(255); /* << PUT THIS HERE */
IF NEW.passStandard < 0 || NEW.passStandard > 1 THEN
set msg = concat('Trigger Error: Pass Standard: ', cast(NEW.passStandard as char));
signal sqlstate '45000' set message_text = msg;
END IF; /* << YOU WILL NEED THIS TOO (DONT FORGET THE SEMICOLON :D) */
END//
delimiter ;
#END TRIGGER