At 09:59 PM 22-06-00 -0400, you wrote:

>I may be watching the wrong info but in practice them *seem* to be inactive
>because when I attempt to insert a record, my key is null. (Just to make
>sure my own logic was OK I copied the example from the KB and got the same
>results. Obviously I've goofed something up...)
>
>Just out of curiosity...I thought the default state for a trigger was
>Active. If I just created it, why would it be inactive (assuming it really
>is)?
>
>Carl

It would be inactive if you created it inactive,
i.e. create trigger INACTIVE before insert for...

What kind of trigger is it?
Can you post the code?

Helen

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