create trigger __YOUR_TRIGGER_NAME on __YOUR_TABLE_NAME for insert, update, delete as declare @bit int , @field int , @maxfield int , @char int , @fieldname varchar(128) , @TableName varchar(128) , @PKCols varchar(1000) , @sql varchar(2000), @UpdateDate varchar(21) , @UserName varchar(128) , @Type char(1) , @PKFieldSelect varchar(1000), @PKValueSelect varchar(1000) select @TableName = '__YOUR_TABLE_NAME' SET NOCOUNT ON; -- date and user select @UserName = system_user , @UpdateDate = convert(varchar(8), getdate(), 112) + ' ' + convert(varchar(12), getdate(), 114) -- Action if exists (select * from inserted) if exists (select * from deleted) select @Type = 'U' else select @Type = 'I' else select @Type = 'D' -- get list of columns select * into #ins from inserted select * into #del from deleted -- Get primary key columns for full outer join select @PKCols = coalesce(@PKCols + ' and', ' on') + ' i.' + c.COLUMN_NAME + ' = d.' + c.COLUMN_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS pk , INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE c where pk.TABLE_NAME = @TableName and CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' and c.TABLE_NAME = pk.TABLE_NAME and c.CONSTRAINT_NAME = pk.CONSTRAINT_NAME -- Get primary key fields select for insert select @PKFieldSelect = coalesce(@PKFieldSelect+'+','') + '''' + COLUMN_NAME + '''' from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS pk , INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE c where pk.TABLE_NAME = @TableName and CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' and c.TABLE_NAME = pk.TABLE_NAME and c.CONSTRAINT_NAME = pk.CONSTRAINT_NAME select @PKValueSelect = coalesce(@PKValueSelect+'+','') + 'convert(varchar(100), coalesce(i.' + COLUMN_NAME + ',d.' + COLUMN_NAME + '))' from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS pk , INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE c where pk.TABLE_NAME = @TableName and CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY' and c.TABLE_NAME = pk.TABLE_NAME and c.CONSTRAINT_NAME = pk.CONSTRAINT_NAME if @PKCols is null begin raiserror('no PK on table %s', 16, -1, @TableName) return end select @field = 0, @maxfield = max(ORDINAL_POSITION) from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME = @TableName while @field < @maxfield begin select @field = min(ORDINAL_POSITION) from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME = @TableName and ORDINAL_POSITION > @field select @bit = (@field - 1 )% 8 + 1 select @bit = power(2,@bit - 1) select @char = ((@field - 1) / 8) + 1 if substring(COLUMNS_UPDATED(),@char, 1) & @bit > 0 or @Type in ('I','D') begin select @fieldname = COLUMN_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where TABLE_NAME = @TableName and ORDINAL_POSITION = @field select @sql = 'insert Audit (Type, TableName, PrimaryKeyField, PrimaryKeyValue, FieldName, OldValue, NewValue, UpdateDate, UserName)' select @sql = @sql + ' select ''' + @Type + '''' select @sql = @sql + ',''' + @TableName + '''' select @sql = @sql + ',' + @PKFieldSelect select @sql = @sql + ',' + @PKValueSelect select @sql = @sql + ',''' + @fieldname + '''' select @sql = @sql + ',convert(varchar(1000),d.' + @fieldname + ')' select @sql = @sql + ',convert(varchar(1000),i.' + @fieldname + ')' select @sql = @sql + ',''' + @UpdateDate + '''' select @sql = @sql + ',''' + @UserName + '''' select @sql = @sql + ' from #ins i full outer join #del d' select @sql = @sql + @PKCols select @sql = @sql + ' where i.' + @fieldname + ' <> d.' + @fieldname select @sql = @sql + ' or (i.' + @fieldname + ' is null and d.' + @fieldname + ' is not null)' select @sql = @sql + ' or (i.' + @fieldname + ' is not null and d.' + @fieldname + ' is null)' exec (@sql) end end