How to fix the Oracle error ORA-04071: missing BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF keyword?

In this post, you’ll learn more about the Oracle ErrorORA-04071: missing BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF keyword with the details on why you receive this error and the possible solution to fix it.

Oracle Error Description

ORA-04071: missing BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF keyword

Reason for the Error ORA-04071: missing BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF keyword

The trigger statement is missing the BEFORE/AFTER/INSTEAD OF clause.

How to fix the Error ORA-04071: missing BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF keyword ?

You can fix this error in Oracle by following the below steps

Specify either BEFORE, AFTER or INSTEAD OF.