I'm a lot more used to T-SQL than MySQL and it seems as though there are slight syntax issues that I just can't quite figure out. I'm getting an error message that seems quite meaningless to me and I would really appreciate it if someone could just tell me what I'm doing wrong here. Am I perhaps not allowed to do an UPDATE in an UPDATE TRIGGER?
The idea is that I want to just keep track of whether or not my current German log has been corrected or not and record the times based on whether or not I'm updating my portion of the log or my tutor is updating their portion.
My Code is:
DELIMITER //
CREATE TRIGGER updateTimes
AFTER UPDATE ON Logs
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF (Old.TimGerman <> New.TimGerman OR
Old.TimComment <> New.TimComment)
THEN
UPDATE Logs
SET DateUpdated = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, Corrected = 0
WHERE LogID = New.LogID;
ELSE IF (Old.TutorGerman <> New.TutorGerman OR
Old.TutorComment <> New.TutorComment)
THEN
UPDATE Logs
SET DateMarked = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, Corrected = 1
WHERE LogID = New.LogID;
END IF;
END //
DELIMITER ;
Me error message says:
SQL Error (1064): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax near '' at line 21.
Line 21 is 4th from the bottom: WHERE LogID = New.LogID;
Thanks very much for the help!
Syntactically your trigger is correct except on ELSE IF part. You need an extra END IF if you want to use it. Otherwise modify it as ELSEIF.
And also it seems you need a BEFORE trigger but not AFTER trigger.
Apart from that, calling the explicit update in an update trigger on the same table is meaning less as it would cause a circular event. Which is not supported and throws an error.
Change your trigger definition as below:
DELIMITER //
CREATE TRIGGER updateTimes BEFORE UPDATE ON Logs
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF ( OLD.LogID = New.LogID ) THEN
IF ( Old.TimGerman <> New.TimGerman OR
Old.TimComment <> New.TimComment )
THEN
SET NEW.DateUpdated = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, NEW.Corrected = 0;
ELSEIF ( Old.TutorGerman <> New.TutorGerman OR
Old.TutorComment <> New.TutorComment )
THEN
SET NEW.DateMarked = CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, NEW.Corrected = 1;
END IF;
END IF;
END;
//
DELIMITER ;
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I am trying to create a trigger to update the Project table whenever the Assign table is updated, yet I keep receiving this error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'END IF
Does anyone have any idea of why I am getting this syntax error? Please note that I am a beginner at this so my SQL statements may be entirely wrong. Also, I know for sure that my query being ran in my IF statement works because I've ran it on its own without being inside a trigger.
delimiter $$
CREATE TRIGGER update_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON Assign
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF OLD.projNo <> new.projNo THEN
#RUN THIS QUERY TO UPDATE MY TABLE
UPDATE Project p JOIN
(SELECT Project.projNo, COUNT(DISTINCT empid) as numEmployeeAssigned
FROM (Project LEFT JOIN Assign ON Project.projNo=Assign.projNo)
GROUP BY projNo
) as tb
ON p.projNo = tb.projNo
SET p.numEmployeeAssigned = tb.numEmployeeAssigned
#END QUERY
END IF
END$$
delimiter;
You can just increment or decrement the count:
UPDATE Project p
SET p.numEmployeeAssigned = p.numEmployeeAssigned +
(case when p.projNo = new.ProjNo then 1 else -1 end)
WHERE p.projNo IN (old.ProjNo, new.ProjNo) AND
old.ProjNo <> new.ProjNo;
Obviously, your code is missing semi-colons after the UPDATE statement and after the END IF.
However, let me suggest that the UPDATE statement could most likely be simplified. As I understand your code, you want to update the count of employees in Project whenever an employee changes its assignment. If so, there is no need to actually query assign. You can just use conditional logic like this:
CREATE TRIGGER update_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON Assign
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
IF OLD.projNo <> new.projNo THEN
UPDATE Project p
SET numEmployeeAssigned = CASE
WHEN projNo = new.projNo THEN numEmployeeAssigned + 1
ELSE numEmployeeAssigned - 1
END
WHERE projNo IN (OLD.projNo, NEW.projNo);
END IF;
END$$
You could even remove the IF statement and put that condition in the query directly:
CREATE TRIGGER update_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON Assign
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
UPDATE Project p
SET numEmployeeAssigned = CASE
WHEN projNo = new.projNo THEN numEmployeeAssigned + 1
ELSE numEmployeeAssigned - 1
END
WHERE projNo IN (OLD.projNo, NEW.projNo) AND OLD.projNo <> NEW.projNo
END$$
I'm creating a MySQL trigger designed to update various tables with a new value if certain values are changed by an UPDATE query. I keep receiving the following syntax error for this particular trigger:
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 '' at line 29
Line 29 in this case is the line of the END statement.
This is my full code:
DELIMITER $$
CREATE TRIGGER update_selling_prices BEFORE UPDATE ON t1
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
DECLARE update_price INT DEFAULT 0;
DECLARE selling_price_1 DECIMAL(10, 3) DEFAULT 0.000;
DECLARE selling_price_2 DECIMAL(10, 3) DEFAULT 0.000;
IF (OLD.rrp_price <> NEW.rrp_price OR OLD.discount_1 <> NEW.discount_1 OR OLD.discount_2 <> NEW.discount_2 OR OLD.net_price <> NEW.net_price OR OLD.markup <> NEW.markup OR OLD.delivery_cost <> NEW.delivery_cost) THEN
SET update_price = (SELECT b.is_auto_update FROM price_categories c INNER JOIN brands b ON b.brand_name = c.brand_name WHERE c.id = NEW.category_id LIMIT 1);
IF (update_price = 1) THEN
IF (NEW.is_bundle = 0) THEN
UPDATE t2 SET temp = 'Fired Single' WHERE id = NEW.id;
ELSE IF (NEW.is_bundle = 1) THEN
UPDATE t2 SET temp = 'Fired Bundle' WHERE id = NEW.id;
END IF;
END IF;
END IF;
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;
The current UPDATE statements are just placeholders for some actual calculations I'll end up doing.
Please note: I use Sequel Pro for most MySQL-related stuff and initially was using their GUI to try and add the trigger - it automatically adds the surrounding code so I would only create everything between the BEGIN and END statements. That also resulted in this same syntax error, so I don't believe it's related to the delimiters like some similar threads I've already found on here. Nevertheless, I've tried adding the full trigger code via a normal query; changing the delimiter syntax - for example END$$, END $$, END; $$ etc.
I've successfully created other triggers with similar syntax, but they do not include the DECLARE syntax.
Where am I going wrong?
The problem is here:
IF (NEW.is_bundle = 0) THEN
UPDATE t2 SET temp = 'Fired Single' WHERE id = NEW.id;
ELSE IF (NEW.is_bundle = 1) THEN
UPDATE t2 SET temp = 'Fired Bundle' WHERE id = NEW.id;
END IF;
Review documentation: https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/if.html
MySQL supports ELSEIF and this is different than ELSE IF. If you use ELSEIF, this continues the structure of the IF statement. If you use ELSE IF, it starts a new IF statement, so it should be like this:
IF (NEW.is_bundle = 0) THEN
UPDATE t2 SET temp = 'Fired Single' WHERE id = NEW.id;
ELSE
IF (NEW.is_bundle = 1) THEN
UPDATE t2 SET temp = 'Fired Bundle' WHERE id = NEW.id;
END IF;
END IF;
See that there is a complete IF/THEN/END IF statement within the ELSE block of the outer one?
But you didn't do that, so the END IF applies to the innermost IF statement, and then you're one level off for the rest of the body of the trigger.
When MySQL gets to the end of the whole CREATE TRIGGER statement, if there aren't enough ENDs to balance the blocks you began, MySQL complains with the error you saw.
I've created a trigger to update one table once an item is inserted into another. The trigger will also check one of the values being inserted into the new table, and using an if/elseif, will perform the appropriate Update query. I'm running in to a syntax error, but I'm not sure what's wrong with my syntax
CREATE TRIGGER Create_Media_Like_Trigger AFTER INSERT ON MediaLike
FOR EACH ROW
IF NEW.likeType = 'LIKE' THEN
UPDATE Media
SET Media.numLikes = Media.numLikes + 1
WHERE Media.mediaId = NEW.mediaId
ELSEIF NEW.likeType = 'DISLIKE' THEN
UPDATE Media
SET Media.numLikes = Media.numLikes - 1
WHERE Media.mediaId = NEW.mediaId
END IF;
I'm receiving an syntax error on or near the ELSEIF line, but I cant figure out what is wrong with it
I am trying to Create a Trigger that will fire AFTER Insert of a Record where I will see if there is other records similar to this Inserted Record (Same Date) and if so will update a column in the inserted Record. Once I complete this one I will also update it for AFTER Update as well. Any Help would be Greatly Appreciated.
CREATE
TRIGGER `INSERT_POSTDATEINDEX` AFTER INSERT
ON `zoomloca_listings-dev`.`listings_posts`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
DECLARE vNewPostDateIndex INT;
DECLARE vLastPostDateIndex INT DEFAULT '0';
SET vNewPostDateIndex = '0';
SET vLastPostDateIndex = (SELECT POSTDATEINDEX FROM listings_posts WHERE date(POST_DATE) = date(NEW.POST_DATE) ORDER BY POSTDATEINDEX DESC LIMIT 1);
IF vLastPostDateIndex = '0' THEN
SET vNewPostDateIndex = '0';
ELSE
SET vNewPostDateIndex = vLastPostDateIndex + 1;
END IF;
Update `listings_posts` SET POSTDATEINDEX = vNewPostDateIndex where ID = New.ID;
END
Error: #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 '' at line 6
The problem is that there is no TOP in MySQL. You have to use LIMIT instead. Besides, if you are not using mysql client, then you should remove DELIMITER since it is not a feature of the MySQL. Another thing is that to demarcate the end of an IF statement in MySQL, you should use END IF instead of ENDIF.
I'm building a trigger that updates a table when another table get updated. But, for some reason MySql doesn't like the if statement inside it.
The scenario is, there is a table named Group that has level label configuration that are stored in level1, level2, and level3 columns. The other table, Membership, stores member configuration with their level title.
For example if there is a member has level1 title, novice, and there's an update in Group_configuration level1 from 'novice' into 'newbie', trigger will update the member title into 'newbie'. This also applies to level2 and level3.
So my trigger code looks like this:
CREATE TRIGGER update_member_rank_label AFTER UPDATE ON `group`
FOR EACH ROW
begin
if (NEW.level1 <> OLD.level1 ) then
UPDATE membership set level = NEW.level1 where level=OLD.level1 and gid=old.id;
else if (NEW.level2 <> OLD.level2 ) then
UPDATE membership set level = NEW.level2 where level=OLD.level2 and gid=old.id;
else if (NEW.level3 <> OLD.level3 ) then
UPDATE membership set level = NEW.level3 where level=OLD.level3 and gid=old.id
end if;
end;
but I keep getting this error:
#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 '' at line 5
Any ideas where do I miss?
regards
please check that you set the delimiter to something else than ; before actually creating the trigger:
DELIMITER |
CREATE TRIGGER update_member_rank_label AFTER UPDATE ON `group`
FOR EACH ROW
begin
if (NEW.level1 <> OLD.level1 ) then
UPDATE membership set level = NEW.level1 where level=OLD.level1 and gid=old.id;
else if (NEW.level2 <> OLD.level2 ) then
UPDATE membership set level = NEW.level2 where level=OLD.level2 and gid=old.id;
else if (NEW.level3 <> OLD.level3 ) then
UPDATE membership set level = NEW.level3 where level=OLD.level3 and gid=old.id
end if;
end;
DELIMITER ;
Maybe this helps?
On line 9 add a semicolon. I believe your entire conditional is confused because of this.