IF ( select count(sc.table_id) from sys.syscolumn as sc == sys.systable as st where LCase(st.table_name)= LCase('Hotels') and LCase(sc.column_name)= LCase('CreateDate') ) = 0 then alter table Hotels add "CreateDate" timestamp end if; GO Update Hotels set CreateDate = (select min(LastChanged) from Hotels); GO IF (EXISTS(Select * from sys.systrigger where LCase(trigger_name) = LCase('Trig_Hotels_CreateDate'))) THEN Drop trigger Trig_Hotels_CreateDate END IF GO create trigger Trig_Hotels_CreateDate before insert order 2 on DBA.Hotels referencing new as new_ for each row when(new_.CreateDate is null) begin set new_.CreateDate = current timestamp end