Mysql – find and insert row to another table using thesql trigger

MySQLtrigger

I have the following three tables in mysql database named My_Company

mysql> desc employee;
+----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field    | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Id       | int(11)     | NO   | PRI | 0       |       |
| Emp_Name | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| Division | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> desc tools;
+-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field     | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Division  | varchar(20) | NO   | PRI |         |       |
| Tool_No   | int(11)     | NO   | PRI | 0       |       |
| Tool_Name | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+-----------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
3 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> desc employee_tools;
+-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type        | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Id    | int(11)     | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
| Tool  | varchar(20) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+-------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.02 sec)

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I need to insert the rows from table tools to table employee_tools when insert a new row on table employee.

Example, if i insert a new row to employees values as ('1', 'Michel', 'Network')
then the the trigger should to find the tool_No & tool_names of division from table tools
and add the rows to employee_tools

mysql> insert into employee values('1','Michel','Network');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.05 sec)

mysql> select * from employee;
+----+----------+----------+
| Id | Emp_Name | Division |
+----+----------+----------+
|  1 | Michel   | Network  |
+----+----------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from tools;
+----------+---------+--------------+
| Division | Tool_No | Tool_Name    |
+----------+---------+--------------+
| Network  |       1 | Crimper      |
| Network  |       2 | LAN Tester   |
| Network  |       3 | Sleaver      |
| Hardware |       1 | Screw drv    |
| Hardware |       2 | Power Tester |
| Hardware |       3 | Plyer        |
+----------+---------+--------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from employee_tools;
+------+--------------+
| Id   | Tool         |
+------+--------------+
|    1 | 1_Crimper    |
|    1 | 2_LAN Tester |
|    1 | 3_Sleaver    |
+------+--------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

Best Answer

This should do the trick for you:

DELIMITER $$
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS `employee_INSERT` $$
CREATE TRIGGER `employee_INSERT` 
AFTER INSERT ON `employee`
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
    INSERT INTO employee_tools (Id, Tool)
    SELECT new.Id, tools.Tool_Name 
            FROM tools
            WHERE tools.Division = new.Division;
END $$
DELIMITER ;
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