Re: Trying to Create a Trigger

[Martijn Tonies]

> I'm trying to create a trigger (5.0.45) and I've read the documentation 
> at mysql.com.  I keep getting a syntax error, but can't figure out what 
> the error is.  Here's the trigger I'm trying to create:
> 
> delimiter //
> create trigger jobposts_control
>  before delete on jobposts for each row
> begin
>    declare dummy varchar(255);
>    set @counted = (
>        select count(ad.adsource_id)
>        from adsource ad, jobposts jp
>        where ad.adsource_id = jp.adsource_id
>        and old.jobpost_id = jp.jobpost_id
>    );
>    if @counted >= 1 then SET dummy = "Cannot delete this record" end if;
> end //
> delimiter ;
> 
> When I run the set query without the "and old.jobpost_id" line, it runs 
> correctly.  So the syntax problem is elsewhere, but where?

What is the exact error message?

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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