set sql_mode=ORACLE; :NEW.a := 1; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'a := 1' at line 1 :OLD.a := 1; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'a := 1' at line 1 :OLa.a := 1; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'a := 1' at line 1 SELECT :NEW.a; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'a' at line 1 SELECT :OLD.a; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'a' at line 1 SELECT :OLa.a; ERROR 42000: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'a' at line 1 CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT); CREATE TRIGGER tr1 BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW NEW.a:= 10; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); SELECT * FROM t1; a 10 DROP TRIGGER tr1; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT); CREATE TRIGGER tr1 BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW :NEW.a:= 10; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); SELECT * FROM t1; a 10 DROP TRIGGER tr1; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT); CREATE TRIGGER tr1 BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW BEGIN IF :NEW.a IS NULL THEN :NEW.a:= 10; END IF; END; / INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL); SELECT * FROM t1; a 10 DROP TRIGGER tr1; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT); CREATE TRIGGER tr1 BEFORE UPDATE ON t1 FOR EACH ROW BEGIN IF :OLD.a IS NULL THEN :NEW.a:= 10; END IF; END; / INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL); UPDATE t1 SET a=NULL; SELECT * FROM t1; a 10 DROP TRIGGER tr1; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT, b INT, c INT); CREATE TRIGGER tr1 BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW DECLARE cnt INT := 0; BEGIN IF :NEW.a IS NULL THEN cnt:=cnt+1; END IF; IF :NEW.b IS NULL THEN cnt:=cnt+1; END IF; IF :NEW.c IS NULL THEN :NEW.c:=cnt; END IF; END; / INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, NULL, NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL, 1, NULL); INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1, 1, NULL); SELECT * FROM t1; a b c NULL NULL 2 1 NULL 1 NULL 1 1 1 1 0 DROP TABLE t1;