Oracle - Triggers to create a history row on update

Question

First, we currently have the behavior that\'s desired, but it\'s not trivial to maintain when any changes to the database are needed. I\'m looking for anything simpler, more ef

Answer 1

If you want to develop a generic solution, you might want to take a look at DBMS_SQL package. With it you could develop a package/procedure that takes a table name as input and builds the updates based on that, by examining the table structure in the dictionary and building the updates on the fly. It would be non trivial up-front development, but a lot less maintenance in the future, since if a table structure changes, the code would sense that and adapt. This method would work for any table that you care to use it with.