971. Prevent negative stock — trigger case 2

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Implement the database trigger for this integrity/audit requirement. Consider NULL-safe comparisons and transaction behavior.

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Option A

Use a SELECT-only query and do not enforce the rule.

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This option is incorrect for the stated requirement.

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Option B

DELIMITER // CREATE TRIGGER trg_product_stock BEFORE UPDATE ON products FOR EACH ROW BEGIN IF NEW.stock < 0 THEN SIGNAL SQLSTATE '45000' SET MESSAGE_TEXT='Stock cannot be negative'; END IF; END // DELIMITER ;

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Correct implementation. Prefer parameterized queries in application code, validate affected rows for UPDATE/DELETE, and use transactions for related writes.

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Option C

Use a trigger that recursively updates the same table without safeguards.

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This option is incorrect for the stated requirement.

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Option D

Use a foreign key for an audit event that has no parent key.

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This option is incorrect for the stated requirement.