How to deny delete on a table for all users

Question

Within SQL Server 2005, is there a way, with a single statement, to deny delete on rows in a particular table for all users of the database?

Answer 1

try this:

CREATE TRIGGER yourTriggerName ON YourTableName
INSTEAD OF DELETE
AS

    ROLLBACK
    RAISERROR('ERROR, DELETEs not permitted in YourTableName!!!',16,1)
    RETURN

go

working sample:

CREATE TABLE XYZ  (RowID int)
INSERT XYZ VALUES(1)
INSERT XYZ VALUES(2)
go 

CREATE TRIGGER yourTriggerName ON XYZ
INSTEAD OF DELETE
AS

    ROLLBACK
    RAISERROR('ERROR, DELETEs not permitted in XYZ!!!',16,1)
    RETURN

go

delete XYZ

OUTPUT:

Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Procedure yourTriggerName, Line 6
ERROR, DELETEs not permitted in XYZ!!!
Msg 3609, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The transaction ended in the trigger. The batch has been aborted.