How to fix this MySQL trigger?

Question

I\'m trying to get this trigger to work:

CREATE TRIGGER Transaction_insert BEFORE INSERT ON Transaction
FOR EACH ROW WHERE Number = NEW.AccountNumber 
IF Account         


        

Answer 1

Updated Answer

This is what I think you want, assuming that Account to Transaction is a 1:N relationship keyed on Number/AccountNumber:

DELIMITER //

-- Assumptions:
--   1. Transaction.AccountNumber is F.K. REFERENCES Account(Number)
--   2. Account.Number is UNIQUE
--
CREATE TRIGGER trg_bi_transaction BEFORE INSERT ON Transaction
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
  -- Adjust account balance (if permitted)
  --
  UPDATE Account
     SET CreditBalance = CreditBalance + NEW.Amount
   WHERE Number = NEW.AccountNumber
         AND
         (CreditBalance + NEW.Amount) < CreditLimit;

  -- Was the adjustment valid/permitted?
  --
  SET NEW.Valid = (ROW_COUNT() = 1);
END //

DELIMITER ;

That trigger will attempt to UPDATE the proper Account for any given Transaction if the CreditLimit permits. The Valid field will be set to 1 if the UPDATE succeeded, and 0 if it did not.

Original Answer

MySQL triggers do not support trigger-level WHERE clauses. Move the Number/NEW.AccountNumber check inside the trigger body.