[dba-SQLServer] trigger help

I think I have got round similar problems by creating the table as a 
normal table, creating the trigger and saving it, then deleting the table.

HTH

David Emerson
Dalyn Software Ltd
New Zealand

At 15/01/2006, you wrote:
>I'm using Express Management Studio to create a trigger that uses the
>temporary inserted table to update inventory -- simple example, but I get an
>error that the schema in the target table doesn't match the trigger schema.
>My guess is it doesn't like the use of inserted as a table name because at
>the time I'm creating the trigger it doesn't exist. If that's the case, I
>don't know how to get around that.
>
>Here's the trigger:
>
>CREATE TRIGGER UpdateInventory ON Sales.dbo.Orders
>AFTER INSERT
>AS
>BEGIN
>     UPDATE Products
>     SET Products.InStock = (Products.InStock - Inserted.Qty)
>     FROM Products JOIN Inserted ON Products.ProdID - Inserted.ProdID
>END
>GO
>
>I've checked the column names, just to be sure, and they above in correct in
>that respect. I've run into trouble using the inserted temporary table
>before, but I don't remember how I skirted it.
>
>Susan H.