CREATE TRIGGER must be the first statement in a batch

Question

I have the below trigger:

 CREATE Trigger enroll_limit on Enrollments
 Instead of Insert
 As
 Declare @Count int
 Declare @Capacity int
 Select @Count = COUNT(*)         


        

Answer 1

The error message "'CREATE TRIGGER' must be the first statement in a query batch." usually occurs when a preceding group (batch) of statements does not have a terminating GO

So, I would suggest adding add a GO to the end of the preceding batch's statements.

Answer 2

If you are trying this from SQL Server Management Studio, here is another option which worked for me:

In the left pane, right-click on the database and select "New Query".

This connects you to the specific database. Now you can enter your create trigger statement as the first statement in the query window which opens. There is no need for a "use" command.