tiger

n 1: a fierce or audacious person; "he's a tiger on the tennis

court"; "it aroused the tiger in me"

2: large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat

with black stripes; endangered [syn: {Panthera tigris}]

trigger

An action causing the automatic invocation of a

procedure, for instance to preserve {referential integrity}.

A triggers goes into effect when a user attempts to modify

data with an insert, delete, or update command. A trigger can

instruct the system to take any number of actions when a

specified change is attempted. By preventing incorrect,

unauthorized, or inconsistent changes to data, triggers help

maintain the integrity of the database.

[Sybase SQL Server Release 10.0 Transact-SQL User's Guide].

(1995-02-22)