Question

I’m trying to create a basic database trigger that conditionally deletes rows from database1.table1 when a row from database2.table2 is deleted. I’m new to triggers and was hoping to learn the best way to accomplish this. This is what I have so far. Suggestions?

CREATE TRIGGER sampleTrigger
    ON database1.dbo.table1
    FOR DELETE
AS
    IF EXISTS (SELECT foo
               FROM database2.dbo.table2
               WHERE id = deleted.id
               AND bar = 4)

-- If there is a row that exists in database2.dbo.table2 
-- matching the id of the deleted row and bar=4, delete 
-- it as well.

-- DELETE STATEMENT?

GO

Answer 1

CREATE TRIGGER sampleTrigger
    ON database1.dbo.table1
    FOR DELETE
AS
    DELETE FROM database2.dbo.table2
    WHERE bar = 4 AND ID IN(SELECT deleted.id FROM deleted)
GO