Question

I have a trigger which I’m trying to use to update the same table it listens to.

However, upon submitting a create or update, I get the following errors:

ORA-04091: table [username].ADDRESSES is mutating, trigger/function may not see it ORA-06512: at "[username].ADDRESSES_T1", line 9 ORA-04088: error during execution of trigger '[username].ADDRESSES_T1'

I appreciate any help!

Answer 1

You’re updating the same table the trigger is written. You need something like this:

create or replace trigger "ADDRESSES_T1"
BEFORE
insert or update on "ADDRESSES"
for each row
begin
DECLARE
   l_lat NUMBER;
   l_lng NUMBER;
   l_postcode VARCHAR2(8) := :NEW.POSTCODE;

BEGIN
  brian.POSTCODE_TO_LAT_LNG_GM_API (l_postcode, l_lat, l_lng);
  :new.location = SDO_GEOMETRY(2001, --SDO_GTYPE
                               8307, --SDO_SRID
                               SDO_POINT_TYPE(l_lng, --X lng
                                              l_lat, --Y lat
                                              null),     --Z
                               null, --SDO_ELEM_INFO_ARRAY
                               null);
END;