Create a trigger that inserts values into a new table when a column is updated

Question

I\'ve been looking at some previous answers on triggers on here but can\'t find what I need exactly but I\'m sure my question has been asked/answered before.

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Answer 1

CREATE TRIGGER [dbo].[TRIG_MyTable]
ON [dbo].[MyTable]
AFTER INSERT, UPDATE

AS 

DECLARE @INS int, @DEL int

SELECT @INS = COUNT(*) FROM INSERTED
SELECT @DEL = COUNT(*) FROM DELETED

IF @INS > 0 AND @DEL > 0 
BEGIN

    -- a record got updated, so log accordingly.

    INSERT INTO MyLogTable
    SELECT 'New Values', getdate() FROM INSERTED

    INSERT INTO MyLogTable
    SELECT 'Old Values', getdate() FROM DELETED

END

ELSE 
BEGIN

    -- a new record was inserted.

    INSERT INTO MyLogTable
    SELECT 'Insert', getdate() FROM INSERTED

END