RecursiveTriggers Property

SQL-DMO

SQL-DMO

RecursiveTriggers Property

The RecursiveTriggers property controls nested call behavior for Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 triggers.

Applies To
DBOption Object
Syntax

object.RecursiveTriggers [= value]

Parts

object

Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

value

TRUE or FALSE

Data Type

Boolean

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetRecursiveTriggers(LPBOOL pRetVal);

HRESULT SetRecursiveTriggers(BOOL NewValue);

Remarks

When TRUE, a trigger may fire more than once when statement execution directs more than a single trigger execution. For example, a table T1 with trigger Trig1 may update table T2 with Trig2 enabled, which itself updates table T1. If the update of T1 directed by Trig2 causes modification that would normally fire trigger Trig1 and RecursiveTriggers is TRUE, then trigger Trig1 will fire a second time.

When FALSE, a trigger will execute only once regardless of the actions of itself or other triggers enabled on other tables.