SQL Server - after insert trigger - update another column in the same table

Question

I\'ve got this database trigger:

CREATE TRIGGER setDescToUpper
ON part_numbers
 AFTER INSERT,UPDATE
AS
DECLARE @PnumPkid int, @PDesc nvarchar(128)

SET @Pnum         


        

Answer 1

Another option would be to enclose the update statement in an IF statement and call TRIGGER_NESTLEVEL() to restrict the update being run a second time.

CREATE TRIGGER Table_A_Update ON Table_A AFTER UPDATE 
AS
IF ((SELECT TRIGGER_NESTLEVEL()) < 2)
BEGIN
    UPDATE a
    SET Date_Column = GETDATE()
    FROM Table_A a
    JOIN inserted i ON a.ID = i.ID
END

When the trigger initially runs the TRIGGER_NESTLEVEL is set to 1 so the update statement will be executed. That update statement will in turn fire that same trigger except this time the TRIGGER_NESTLEVEL is set to 2 and the update statement will not be executed.

You could also check the TRIGGER_NESTLEVEL first and if its greater than 1 then call RETURN to exit out of the trigger.

IF ((SELECT TRIGGER_NESTLEVEL()) > 1) RETURN;