Auto deletion of records sqlserver

Hi

I am not sure if I am at right place, anyhow I hope I am :)

Now the question: I am using an ASP.net Application with SQL-Server. I want to make a page so that it set the expiration time (date) for certain record and once that time reaches, it deletes those records, or make any updates to the record (what ever applicable). I also want to control this auto deletion from my application, means that turn this On/Off whenever needed. I am not sure how to start this. I was told by a friend that I need to use triggers from SQL-server but I need some help. Can anyone help me out on this?

Regards
Mykhan

A trigger will not expire the record; you will need to create a windows service or create a SQL job to delete the expired records. Alternatively you could add the following clause to your list select

AND (ExpiryDate is Null OR ExpiryDate > GetDate())

The latter would not delete the record but would achieve the same effect.

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