MySQL – After Delete Trigger
In general, a Trigger is defined as a response to an event. In MySQL, a trigger is called a special stored procedure as it does not require to be invoked explicitly like other stored procedures. The trigger acts automatically whenever the desired event is fired. Triggers are categorized into two types: Before Triggers and After Triggers.
These triggers can be a response to either insertion operation on a table, update operation or deletion operation. Thus, these special stored procedures respond whenever INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE statements are executed.
MySQL After Delete Trigger
The After Delete Trigger is a row-level trigger supported by the MySQL database. This trigger is executed right after a value is deleted from a row of a database table.
A row-level trigger is a type of trigger that is executed every time a row is modified. For every single transaction made in a table (like insertion, deletion, update operation), one trigger acts automatically.
When a DELETE statement is executed in the database, the trigger is performed first and then the said value is deleted from the table.
Syntax
Following is the syntax to create the AFTER DELETE trigger in MySQL −
CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name AFTER DELETE ON table_name FOR EACH ROW BEGIN -- trigger body END;
Example
In this example, we are creating a table named ”CUSTOMERS”, to demonstrate the AFTER DELETE trigger on, using the following query −
CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS( ID INT NOT NULL, NAME VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, AGE INT NOT NULL, ADDRESS VARCHAR(25), SALARY DECIMAL(18, 2), PRIMARY KEY(ID) );
Insert values into this table created using the following INSERT statements −
INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS VALUES (1, ''Ramesh'', 32, ''Ahmedabad'', 2000.00 ), (2, ''Khilan'', 25, ''Delhi'', 1500.00 ), (3, ''Kaushik'', 23, ''Kota'', 2000.00 ), (4, ''Chaitali'', 25, ''Mumbai'', 6500.00 ), (5, ''Hardik'', 27, ''Bhopal'', 8500.00 ), (6, ''Komal'', 22, ''MP'', 4500.00 ), (7, ''Muffy'', 24, ''Indore'', 10000.00 );
Creating Another Table:
Now, let us create another empty table to store all former customers after being deleted from the main table ”CUSTOMERS” −
CREATE TABLE OLD_CUSTOMERS ( ID INT NOT NULL, NAME VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, AGE INT NOT NULL, ADDRESS VARCHAR(25), SALARY DECIMAL(18, 2), PRIMARY KEY(ID) );
Using the following CREATE TRIGGER statement, create a new trigger ”after_delete_trigger” on the CUSTOMERS table to delete the customer details from CUSTOMERS table and insert them into another table “OLD_CUSTOMERS” −
DELIMITER // CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END // DELIMITER ;
Delete details of ”old” customers from the CUSTOMERS table using the regular DELETE statement as shown below −
DELETE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE ID = 3;
Verification
To verify whether the details are deleted from the CUSTOMERS table and added onto the OLD_CUSTOMERS table, let us try to retrieve both of their result-sets using the SELECT queries.
The records in CUSTOMERS table are as follows −
ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ramesh | 32 | Ahmedabad | 2000.00 |
2 | Khilan | 25 | Delhi | 1500.00 |
4 | Chaitali | 25 | Mumbai | 6500.00 |
5 | Hardik | 27 | Bhopal | 8500.00 |
6 | Komal | 22 | Hyderabad | 4500.00 |
7 | Muffy | 24 | Indore | 10000.00 |
The records in OLD_CUSTOMERS table are as follows −
ID | NAME | AGE | ADDRESS | SALARY |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Kaushik | 23 | Kota | 2000.00 |
As you can in the tables above, the data has been deleted from the CUSTOMERS table and added to the OLD_CUSTOMERS table. However, the only difference that is not visible on the application level is that the trigger is performed after the deletion is done, in contrast to the BEFORE DELETE trigger.
After Delete Trigger Using a Client Program
We can also execute the After Delete trigger statement using a client program, instead of SQL queries.
Syntax
To execute the After Delete Trigger through a PHP program, we need to query the CREATE TRIGGER statement using the mysqli function query() as follows −
$sql = "CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END"; $mysqli->query($sql);
To execute the After Delete Trigger through a JavaScript program, we need to query the CREATE TRIGGER statement using the query() function of mysql2 library as follows −
sql = `CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END`; con.query(sql);
To execute the After Delete Trigger through a Java program, we need to query the CREATE TRIGGER statement using the JDBC function execute() as follows −
String sql = "CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END"; statement.execute(sql);
To execute the After Delete Trigger through a python program, we need to query the CREATE TRIGGER statement using the execute() function of the MySQL Connector/Python as follows −
afterDelete_trigger_query = ''CREATE TRIGGER {trigger_name} AFTER DELETE ON {table_name} FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO {another_table} VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END'' cursorObj.execute(afterDelete_trigger_query)
Example
Following are the programs −
$dbhost = ''localhost $dbuser = ''root $dbpass = ''password $db = ''TUTORIALS $mysqli = new mysqli($dbhost, $dbuser, $dbpass, $db); if ($mysqli->connect_errno) { printf("Connect failed: %s
", $mysqli->connect_error); exit(); } //printf(''Connected successfully.
''); $sql = "CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END"; if ($mysqli->query($sql)) { printf("Trigger created successfully...!n"); } $q = "DELETE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE ID = 3"; $result = $mysqli->query($q); if ($result == true) { printf("Delete query executed successfully ...!n"); } $q1 = "SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS"; $res1 = $mysqli->query($q1); if ($res1->num_rows > 0) { printf("SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS(verification): n"); while ($r1 = $res1->fetch_assoc()) { printf( "Id %d, Name: %s, Age: %d, Address %s, Salary %f", $r1[''ID''], $r1["NAME"], $r1[''AGE''], $r1["ADDRESS"], $r1["SALARY"], ); printf("n"); } } $q2 = "SELECT * FROM OLD_CUSTOMERS"; $res2 = $mysqli->query($q2); if ($res2->num_rows > 0) { printf("SELECT * FROM OLD_CUSTOMER(verification): n"); while ($r1 = $res2->fetch_assoc()) { printf( "Id %d, Name: %s, Age: %d, Address %s, Salary %f", $r1[''ID''], $r1["NAME"], $r1[''AGE''], $r1["ADDRESS"], $r1["SALARY"], ); printf("n"); } } if ($mysqli->error) { printf("Error message: ", $mysqli->error); } $mysqli->close();
Output
The output obtained is as follows −
Trigger created successfully...! Delete query executed successfully ...! SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS(verification): Id 1, Name: Ramesh, Age: 32, Address Ahmedabad, Salary 2000.000000 Id 2, Name: Khilan, Age: 25, Address Delhi, Salary 1500.000000 Id 4, Name: Chaitali, Age: 25, Address Mumbai, Salary 6500.000000 Id 5, Name: Hardik, Age: 27, Address Bhopal, Salary 8500.000000 Id 6, Name: Komal, Age: 22, Address MP, Salary 4500.000000 Id 7, Name: Muffy, Age: 24, Address Indore, Salary 10000.000000 SELECT * FROM OLD_CUSTOMER(verification): Id 3, Name: Kaushik, Age: 23, Address Kota, Salary 2000.000000
var mysql = require(''mysql2''); var con = mysql.createConnection({ host:"localhost", user:"root", password:"password" }); //Connecting to MySQL con.connect(function(err) { if (err) throw err; //console.log("Connected successfully...!"); //console.log("--------------------------"); sql = "USE TUTORIALS"; con.query(sql); sql = `CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END`; con.query(sql); console.log("After delete query executed successfully..!"); sql = "DELETE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE ID = 3"; con.query(sql); console.log("Customers table records: ") sql = "SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS"; con.query(sql, function(err, result){ if (err) throw err; console.log(result); console.log(''---------------------------------''); console.log(''OLD_CUSTOMERS table records: '') }); sql = "SELECT * FROM OLD_CUSTOMERS"; con.query(sql, function(err, result){ if (err) throw err; console.log(result); }); });
Output
The output produced is as follows −
After delete query executed successfully..! Customers table records: [ { ID: 1, NAME: ''Ramesh'', AGE: 32, ADDRESS: ''Ahmedabad'', SALARY: ''2000.00'' }, { ID: 2, NAME: ''Khilan'', AGE: 25, ADDRESS: ''Delhi'', SALARY: ''1500.00'' }, { ID: 4, NAME: ''Chaitali'', AGE: 25, ADDRESS: ''Mumbai'', SALARY: ''6500.00'' }, { ID: 5, NAME: ''Hardik'', AGE: 27, ADDRESS: ''Bhopal'', SALARY: ''8500.00'' }, { ID: 6, NAME: ''Komal'', AGE: 22, ADDRESS: ''MP'', SALARY: ''4500.00'' }, { ID: 7, NAME: ''Muffy'', AGE: 24, ADDRESS: ''Indore'', SALARY: ''10000.00'' } ] --------------------------------- OLD_CUSTOMERS table records: [ { ID: 3, NAME: ''Kaushik'', AGE: 23, ADDRESS: ''Kota'', SALARY: ''2000.00'' } ]
import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.Statement; public class AfterDeleteTrigger { public static void main(String[] args) { String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/TUTORIALS"; String user = "root"; String password = "password"; ResultSet rs; try { Class.forName("com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver"); Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, password); Statement st = con.createStatement(); //System.out.println("Database connected successfully...!"); //create table String sql = "CREATE TABLE CUSTOMERS (ID INT NOT NULL, NAME VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, AGE INT NOT NULL, ADDRESS VARCHAR(25), SALARY DECIMAL(18, 2), PRIMARY KEY(ID))"; st.execute(sql); System.out.println("Customers table created successfully...!"); //lets insert some records into customers table String sql1 = "INSERT INTO CUSTOMERS VALUES (1, ''Ramesh'', 32, ''Ahmedabad'', 2000.00 ), (2, ''Khilan'', 25, ''Delhi'', 1500.00 ), (3, ''Kaushik'', 23, ''Kota'', 2000.00 ), (4, ''Chaitali'', 25, ''Mumbai'', 6500.00 ), (5, ''Hardik'', 27, ''Bhopal'', 8500.00 ), (6, ''Komal'', 22, ''MP'', 4500.00 ), (7, ''Muffy'', 24, ''Indore'', 10000.00 )"; st.execute(sql1); System.out.println("Records inserted successfully...!"); //print table records String sql2 = "SELECT * FROM CUSTOMERS"; rs = st.executeQuery(sql2); System.out.println("Customers table records: "); while(rs.next()) { String id = rs.getString("id"); String name = rs.getString("name"); String age = rs.getString("age"); String address = rs.getString("address"); String salary = rs.getString("salary"); System.out.println("Id: " + id + ", Name: " + name + ", Age: " + age + ", Address: " + address + ", Salary: " + salary); } //let create one more table named Old_customers String sql3 = "CREATE TABLE OLD_CUSTOMERS (ID INT NOT NULL, NAME VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL, AGE INT NOT NULL, ADDRESS VARCHAR(25), SALARY DECIMAL(18, 2), PRIMARY KEY(ID))"; st.execute(sql3); System.out.println("OLD_CUSTOMERS table created successully...!"); //print the records String sql4 = "SELECT * FROM OLD_CUSTOMERS"; rs = st.executeQuery(sql4); System.out.println("OLD_CUSTOMERS table records before delete trigger: "); while(rs.next()) { String id = rs.getString("id"); String name = rs.getString("name"); String age = rs.getString("age"); String address = rs.getString("address"); String salary = rs.getString("salary"); System.out.println("Id: " + id + ", Name: " + name + ", Age: " + age + ", Address: " + address + ", Salary: " + salary); } //lets create trigger on student table String sql5 = "CREATE TRIGGER after_delete_trigger AFTER DELETE ON CUSTOMERS FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO OLD_CUSTOMERS VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END"; st.execute(sql5); System.out.println("Triggerd Created successfully...!"); //lets delete one record from customers table; String d_sql = "DELETE FROM CUSTOMERS WHERE ID = 3"; st.execute(d_sql); System.out.println("Record with id = 3 deleted successfully....!"); //let print OLD_CUSTOMERS table records String sql6 = "SELECT * FROM OLD_CUSTOMERS"; rs = st.executeQuery(sql6); System.out.println("OLD_CUSTOMERS records: "); while(rs.next()) { String id = rs.getString("id"); String name = rs.getString("name"); String age = rs.getString("age"); String address = rs.getString("address"); String salary = rs.getString("salary"); System.out.println("Id: " + id + ", Name: " + name + ", Age: " + age + ", Address: " + address + ", Salary: " + salary); } }catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } }
Output
The output obtained is as shown below −
Customers table created successfully...! Records inserted successfully...! Customers table records: Id: 1, Name: Ramesh, Age: 32, Address: Ahmedabad, Salary: 2000.00 Id: 2, Name: Khilan, Age: 25, Address: Delhi, Salary: 1500.00 Id: 3, Name: Kaushik, Age: 23, Address: Kota, Salary: 2000.00 Id: 4, Name: Chaitali, Age: 25, Address: Mumbai, Salary: 6500.00 Id: 5, Name: Hardik, Age: 27, Address: Bhopal, Salary: 8500.00 Id: 6, Name: Komal, Age: 22, Address: MP, Salary: 4500.00 Id: 7, Name: Muffy, Age: 24, Address: Indore, Salary: 10000.00 OLD_CUSTOMERS table created successully...! OLD_CUSTOMERS table records before delete trigger: Triggerd Created successfully...! Record with id = 3 deleted successfully....! OLD_CUSTOMERS records: Id: 3, Name: Kaushik, Age: 23, Address: Kota, Salary: 2000.00
import mysql.connector # Establishing the connection connection = mysql.connector.connect( host=''localhost'', user=''root'', password=''password'', database=''tut'' ) # Creating a cursor object cursorObj = connection.cursor() table_name = ''Customers'' another_table = ''OLD_CUSTOMERS'' trigger_name = ''after_delete_trigger'' afterDelete_trigger_query = f'''''' CREATE TRIGGER {trigger_name} AFTER DELETE ON {table_name} FOR EACH ROW BEGIN INSERT INTO {another_table} VALUES (OLD.ID, OLD.NAME, OLD.AGE, OLD.ADDRESS, OLD.SALARY); END '''''' cursorObj.execute(afterDelete_trigger_query) print(f"AFTER DELETE Trigger ''{trigger_name}'' is created successfully.") connection.commit() # Delete details of old customer delete_query = "DELETE FROM Customers WHERE ID = 3;" cursorObj.execute(delete_query) print("Delete query executed successfully.") # close the cursor and connection connection.commit() cursorObj.close() connection.close()
Output
Following is the output of the above code −
AFTER DELETE Trigger ''after_delete_trigger'' is created successfully. Delete query executed successfully.