Rungta International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology 3 (1&2), 2018, 9-14 http://www.publishingindia.com/ijcsit Triggering Security Features of Oracle Ankur N. Shah Assistant TriggeringProfessor, CE Department, SecurityBabaria Institute of Technology, Features Vadodara, Gujarat,of Oracle India. Email : [email protected] Ankur N. Shah Abstract: Database triggerAssistant is a Professor, PL/SQL CEblock Department, that is BabariaTriggers Institute are storedof Technology, in the database Vadodara, separately Gujarat, India. from their executed on an event in the database. The event is related to associated tables. Triggers can be defined only on tables, not a particular data manipulation of a table such as inserting,Email : [email protected] views. However, triggers on the base table(s) of a view are deleting or updating a row of a table [8]. 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BENEFITS OF TRIGGER called by the user, as done in normal procedures [9]. ∑ A trigger can also be used to keep an audit trail of a table For example, Fig. 1 shows a database application with some For example, Fig. 1 shows a database application with some SQL (i.e. store theA modified trigger can and permit deleted DML records statements of the against table) a table only SQL statements that implicitly fire several triggers stored in the along with the operation performed and the time on which databasestatements [12]. that implicitly fire several triggers stored in the database if they are issued during regular business hours or on [12]. the operationpredetermined was performed. weekdays. ∑ It can be used A to trigger prevent can invalid also be transactions. used to keep an audit trail of a table ∑ Enforce complex(i.e. storesecurity the authorizationsmodified and deleted[9]. records of the table) along with the operation performed and the time on which the operation was performed. IV. 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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROCEDURE AND TRIGGER without dropping it. ∑ We can execute a stored procedure whenever we want Trigger-name is the name of the trigger to be created. with the help of the exec command, but a trigger can only Unnecessary use of triggers for customizing the database canbe executedresult in whenever complex an interdependencies event (insert, delete, between and update) the triggers,is fired whichon the maytable beon difficultwhich the to trigger maintain is defined. in a large ∑ applicationsStored procedures [9]. are used for performing tasks. Stored procedures are normally used for performing user specified tasks. They can have parameters and return IFFERENCE BETWEEN ROCEDURE AND V.multiple D results sets. While theP Triggers for auditing work: Triggers normally TareRIGGER used for auditing work. They can be used to trace the activities of table events. 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