How can I do a BEFORE UPDATED trigger with sql server?

Question

I\'m using Sqlserver express and I can\'t do before updated trigger. There\'s a other way to do that?

Answer 1

It is true that there aren't "before triggers" in MSSQL. However, you could still track the changes that were made on the table, by using the "inserted" and "deleted" tables together. When an update causes the trigger to fire, the "inserted" table stores the new values and the "deleted" table stores the old values. Once having this info, you could relatively easy simulate the "before trigger" behaviour.