Hi,
>>>> What is the exact error message?
>>>
>>>
>>> Here's the latest query:
>>>
>>> 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 ;
>>>
>>> Here's the error message:
>>>
>>> ERROR: Unknown column 'old.jobpost_id' in 'where clause'
>>
>> Works fine here (although with different tables).
>>
>> Just for fun and giggles, have you tried OLD. (uppercase?)
>
>
> Okay . . . I tried OLD.
>
>
> 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;
Try:
end; //
delimiter ;
I just wrote the trigger source in the Trigger Editor in Database Workbench
and it doesn't bother about delimiters and such...
It also has no ";" after the final END, but hey, who knows ;-)
With regards,
Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
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