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Triggers are objects that run when data changes (or in some cases, schema changes). They can run against tables or views and can be, well, triggered by inserts, updates, or deletes. There are some caveats on using them against a view (besides my personal opinion, which is: please don’t).

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Bohm, L. (2020). Triggers. In: Refactoring Legacy T-SQL for Improved Performance. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5581-0_5

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