Triggers

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Triggers vs ORDA entity events

Triggers (aka database events) and ORDA entity events have similar purposes: they establish rules to control fundamental operations on the data (create, edit, or delete). However, they do not operate at the same level:

• triggers are handled at the database level, which is the lowest level,
• ORDA entity events are handled at the datastore level, which is related to your business logic.

Actions on data executed through the datastore, such as .save() or .drop, will call the triggers, if any.

On the other hand, actions triggered at the 4D database level using the 4D classic language commands, such as SAVE RECORD or standard actions will NOT trigger ORDA entity events.