ACTIVE DATABASES & TRIGGERS INTRODUCTION A database with a set of triggers is known as an active database. Due to the overall complexity involved in understanding the impacts of different triggers, maintaining these databases is extremely tough. Before executing the query in such a database, the DBMS checks to see if the specific trigger provided in the query that updates the database is activated. Source: D atabase Multiple triggers can be activated within a single statement at once. If the trigger is active, the condition section is executed first, followed by the action part if the stated condition is true. In this case, the DBMS randomly executes each of the triggers. When an action phase of a trigger is executed, it might either activate other triggers or the same trigger that initiated the action. The term "recursive trigger" refers to a sort of trigger that triggers itself. Although the DBMS executes such trigger chains in a predetermined manner, it has an impact ...