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SQL Plus won't run trigger
I am trying to create a trigger for my table. I have typed in the code as follows:
CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER INSERTCUSTOMER BEFORE Insert ON BIGDAVE FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO BIGDAVES_PAL VALUES(:new.SSN, :new.F_Name, :new.L_Name); END INSERTCUSTOMER;Whenever I hit enter, SQL Plus simply goes to the next line, as if it is expecting something else, and it will not execute the command. Do you think you know what I am doing wrong?
All you need to do is add a / (forward slash) as the last line of your script file, and that will run it. The ending semi-colon simply ends the trigger code, but it does not tell SQL Plus to run the code. The / will run the code in the buffer.
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