When do triggers fire and when don't they

Question

Pretty general question regarding triggers in SQL server 2005.

In what situations are table triggers fired and what situations aren\'t they?

Any code examples to

Answer 1

I thought I'd highlight from the link Eric posted a situation in which a trigger would not fire:

Although a TRUNCATE TABLE statement is in effect a DELETE, it cannot activate a trigger because the operation does not log individual row deletions. However, only those with permissions on a table to execute a TRUNCATE TABLE need be concerned about inadvertently circumventing a DELETE trigger with a TRUNCATE TABLE statement.