MySQL trigger to update a field to the value of id

Question

I would like to have a trigger to perform following operation for inserted records:

 # pseudocode
 if new.group_id is null
    set new.group_id = new.id
 els         


        

Answer 1

A trigger seems like overkill in this situation. Simply apply a default.

CREATE TABLE `test` (
    `id` INT(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `value` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    `group_id` TINYINT(3) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '2'
)