SQL SERVER 2008 TRIGGER ON CREATE TABLE

Question

Is there a way to run some function like a trigger when a table is created in the database in SQL SERVER 2008?

Answer 1

Yes a DDL Trigger. For example, here is some code I written to prevent some tables from being modified:

PRINT N'Create DDL trigger to prevent changes to various tables'
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TRIGGER NoEditCertainTables ON DATABASE 
    FOR DROP_TABLE, ALTER_TABLE, CREATE_TABLE
AS 

SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ON

DECLARE @AffectedTable varchar(255) 
SELECT  @AffectedTable = EVENTDATA().value('(/EVENT_INSTANCE/ObjectName)[1]','nvarchar(100)') 

--This is the name of the table(s) you dont want messed with
IF (@AffectedTable IN ('Table1','Table2','Table3'))
BEGIN
    ROLLBACK;
END 
SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF      

GO