And a beautiful piece of work it is.

I have just modified the article to include the generated trigger code in a plain text file. When you download the file, be sure to replace the .DOC file extension with either .SQL or .TXT (WordPress allows posting Microsoft Word documents, but not all other file types).

A direct link to the code:
http://hoopercharles.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/trigger_datalog_or112p_hpm_log_parts-sql.doc

Would it be possible to show the trigger completely or email a copy? From what I see and read, your trigger will go a long way in supplying the basis from whioch I can create the trigger needed in the application with which I am now working.

Thank you for your help.

Thank you for the compliment.

The mixing of the various languages (VBScript, HTML, SQL, a little bit of PL/SQL, a little bit of Javascript, and the Scripting.FileSystemObject object syntax) probably makes some of my examples seem to be very complicated (or just plain confusing). I think that it would be worthwhile learning the VB language in Excel because it is simply easier than VBScript (syntax helping while typing is great). The user interface part is much more straight-forward in Excel where you have the option of using either a UserForm as the user interface, as well as using simple worksheets and charts. The code in this example will work as is in Excel also if the “StartUp” line near the start of the script is moved to a command button (or another macro).

The other option, of course, is to crack the whip on the programmer, and tell him/her to “build that for me!” – one approach might be easier than the other, but I am not sure which one.