Oracle - Triggers to create a history row on update

Question

First, we currently have the behavior that\'s desired, but it\'s not trivial to maintain when any changes to the database are needed. I\'m looking for anything simpler, more ef

Answer 1

Depending on the complexity of your database (number of tables, size, depth of PK/FK relationships, other logic in triggers), you might want to look at Oracle Workspace Management. You make an API call to put a table under workspace management which results in Oracle replacing the table with an updatable view and other corresponding objects that maintain a history of all versions of the rows.

I've used this and while there are disadvantages, one advantage for auditing is that the code objects are all generated by Oracle and their correctness is generally assumed.