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How to write a trigger to abort delete in MYSQL?

I read this article but it seems not work for delete. I got this error when tried to create a trigger:

Executing SQL script in server

ERROR: Error 1363: There is no NEW row in on DELETE trigger

CREATE TRIGGER DeviceCatalog_PreventDeletion 
BEFORE DELETE on DeviceCatalog
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    DECLARE dummy INT;

    IF old.id = 1 or old.id =2 THEN
        SELECT * FROM DeviceCatalog WHERE DeviceCatalog.id=NEW.id;
    END IF;
END;

SQL script execution finished: statements: 4 succeeded, 1 failed

Solution

  • Try something like this -

    DELIMITER $$

CREATE TRIGGER trigger1
BEFORE DELETE
ON table1
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
  IF OLD.id = 1 THEN -- Abort when trying to remove this record
    CALL cannot_delete_error; -- raise an error to prevent deleting from the table
  END IF;
END
$$

DELIMITER ;