Need help in creating MySQL trigger

Question

I am writing a trigger in a MySQL to conditionally create a new record in another table based on the value of field in newly added record in a table. Here is the script for the trigger (which should be self explanatory):

CREATE TRIGGER TRG_CREATE_INT_SRV_ROW
AFTER INSERT ON survey_details
FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
 IF(New.LossTo == 'Vehicle') THEN
    INSERT INTO survey_vehicle (RefNo) VALUES (New.RefNo);
 ELSE
    INSERT INTO survey_other (RefNo) VALUES (New.RefNo);
 END IF;
END;

While running the query, the error message displayed is:

1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '= 'Vehicle') THEN INSERT INTO interim_survey_vehicle (RefNo) VALUES (New.RefNo' at line 5

I am writing this kind of conditional trigger for the first time.

What is wrong with code please?

Answer 1

This is very straightforward.

There is no == operator.

Please change

IF(New.LossTo == 'Vehicle') THEN

to

IF(New.LossTo = 'Vehicle') THEN

UPDATE 2018-02-26 11:04 EST

You need to change the delimiter before and after the trigger:

DELIMITER $$
DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS TRG_CREATE_INT_SRV_ROW $$
CREATE TRIGGER TRG_CREATE_INT_SRV_ROW
 AFTER INSERT ON survey_details
 FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
 IF(New.LossTo = 'Vehicle') THEN
    INSERT INTO survey_vehicle (RefNo) VALUES (New.RefNo);
 ELSE
    INSERT INTO survey_other (RefNo) VALUES (New.RefNo);
 END IF;
END $$
DELIMITER ;

Please see my old post Unique combination key MySQL for an example