Constantin Teodorescu wrote:
>
> I have two tables "inputs" and "outputs" and they hold items and
> quantities that are coming and going from a warehouse.
>
> I have defined also another table "stock" that will hold the inventory
> of that warehouse.
>
> I have defined triggers on INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE on "inputs" and
> "outputs" tables that update acordingly the "stock" table!
>
> What's my problem?
>
> Is there any chance to restrict the direct updates of any user to the
> "stock" table?
> So that the information in the "stock" table should be updated ONLY by
> those triggers?
Just for kicks, here's a hack. Add a column named 'passwd' to the
stock table (with a bogus default value), then create an UPDATE
trigger on stock requiring the UPDATE to include a valid 'passwd'
column value that's only known (hard-coded) to your 'inputs' and
'outputs' triggers. Would that work?
Cheers,
Ed Loehr