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Scenario:

Suppose you have an online store database with two tables: Orders and Products. You want to automatically update the product inventory when a new order is placed to ensure that the available quantity reflects the purchased items.

Database Tables:

  1. Orders Table:
    • OrderID (Primary Key)
    • ProductID (Foreign Key)
    • Quantity
  2. Products Table:
    • ProductID (Primary Key)
    • ProductName
    • InventoryQuantity

SQL Trigger: We’ll create an AFTER INSERT trigger on the Orders table to update the Products table’s InventoryQuantity when a new order is placed.

DELIMITER //

CREATE TRIGGER update_inventory_after_order_insert
AFTER INSERT ON Orders
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    DECLARE ordered_quantity INT;
    SELECT NEW.Quantity INTO ordered_quantity;
    
    -- Update product inventory
    UPDATE Products
    SET InventoryQuantity = InventoryQuantity - ordered_quantity
    WHERE ProductID = NEW.ProductID;
END;
//

DELIMITER ;

Explanation:

  • The trigger is named update_inventory_after_order_insert and is set to execute AFTER an INSERT operation on the Orders table.
  • FOR EACH ROW indicates that the trigger will execute once for each row affected by the INSERT.
  • Inside the trigger, we declare a variable ordered_quantity to store the quantity ordered in the new order.
  • We use a SELECT statement to retrieve the ordered quantity from the newly inserted row and store it in ordered_quantity.
  • Then, we update the Products table to decrement the InventoryQuantity of the corresponding product by the ordered quantity.

Usage: Now, whenever a new order is inserted into the Orders table, the trigger will automatically update the product’s inventory in the Products table. For example:

-- Insert a new order
INSERT INTO Orders (ProductID, Quantity) VALUES (1, 5);

After executing this INSERT statement, the trigger will reduce the inventory of the product with ProductID 1 by 5 units in the Products table.

This scenario demonstrates how an SQL trigger can automate actions and help maintain data consistency in a real-world development context.

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