Question

I have a table, containing log entries. Is it possible to impose on it a constraint, restricting all modifications of rows, but still allowing addition and deletion of rows?
For example if I have:

ID| Time |     Issue      | Result
------------------------------------
3   10:30  heating broke    repaired

It should be impossible to change id, time, issue or result, but it should be possible to create new rows or to delete the row.

I am using Oracle.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

Check the documentation…

CREATE TRIGGER No_Updates_To_Table_X
BEFORE UPDATE ON Table_X
....

Or with permissions:

REVOKE UPDATE ON XXXX FROM YYYY ....