Actually, I'm needing a trigger that does a fire before or after inset(before or after does'nt matter). When a row is inserted to a table, trigger should fire and also perform same insert to another table for history... Simple enough, but not much exp at this... Thanks -- .. David > How can I create a trigger that backs up the row that is updated on a > table to a backup table pleasE? > -- > .. > David > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l