database - Throw an error preventing a table update in a MySQL trigger -

"Here is one hack that may work. It isn't clean, but it looks like it might work:

Essentially, you just try to update a column that doesn't exist."

"Here is one hack that may work. It isn't clean, but it looks like it might work:

Essentially, you just try to update a column that doesn't exist."

"Unfortunately, the answer provided by @RuiDC does not work in MySQL versions prior to 5.5 because there is no implementation of SIGNAL for stored procedures.

The solution I've found is to simulate a signal throwing a table_name doesn't exist error, pushing a customized error message into the table_name.

The hack could be implemented using triggers or using a stored procedure. I describe both options below following the example used by @RuiDC.

Using triggers

DELIMITER $$
-- before inserting new id
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS before_insert_id$$
CREATE TRIGGER before_insert_id
BEFORE INSERT ON test FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
-- condition to check
IF NEW.id < 0 THEN
-- hack to solve absence of SIGNAL/prepared statements in triggers
UPDATE `Error: invalid_id_test` SET x=1;
END IF;
END$$

DELIMITER ;

Using a stored procedure

Stored procedures allows you to use dynamic sql, which makes possible the encapsulation of the error generation functionality in one procedure. The counterpoint is that we should control the applications insert/update methods, so they use only our stored procedure (not granting direct privileges to INSERT/UPDATE).

DELIMITER $$
-- my_signal procedure
CREATE PROCEDURE `my_signal`(in_errortext VARCHAR(255))
BEGIN
SET @sql=CONCAT('UPDATE `', in_errortext, '` SET x=1');
PREPARE my_signal_stmt FROM @sql;
EXECUTE my_signal_stmt;
DEALLOCATE PREPARE my_signal_stmt;
END$$

CREATE PROCEDURE insert_test(p_id INT)
BEGIN
IF NEW.id < 0 THEN
CALL my_signal('Error: invalid_id_test; Id must be a positive integer');
ELSE
INSERT INTO test (id) VALUES (p_id);
END IF;
END$$
DELIMITER ;"

"The following procedure is (on mysql5) a way to throw custom errors , and log them at the same time:

create table mysql_error_generator(error_field varchar(64) unique) engine INNODB;
DELIMITER $$
CREATE PROCEDURE throwCustomError(IN errorText VARCHAR(44))
BEGIN
DECLARE errorWithDate varchar(64);
select concat(""["",DATE_FORMAT(now(),""%Y%m%d %T""),""] "", errorText) into errorWithDate;
INSERT IGNORE INTO mysql_error_generator(error_field) VALUES (errorWithDate);
INSERT INTO mysql_error_generator(error_field) VALUES (errorWithDate);
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;

call throwCustomError(""Custom error message with log support."");"