-- When we enter a transfer, the targetCredit of the associated bill might already be the credId -- of a transfer for other dues itself. We can update (replace) the transfer for an unfullfilled one. -- That way, a transfer may issue recursively chained transfers. CREATE TRIGGER rebalanceIncreasedCredit AFTER UPDATE OF value ON Credit WHEN NEW.value > OLD.spent BEGIN REPLACE INTO Transfer (credId, billId) SELECT OLD.credId, t.billId FROM Transfer t JOIN CurrentArrears ca ON t.billId = ca.billId WHERE OLD.credId = t.credId ; END;