(An event trigger fires whenever the event with which it is associated occurs in the database in which it is defined. Currently, the only supported events are ddl_command_start, ddl_command_end, table_rewrite and sql_drop. Support for additional events may be added in future releases.).
2) Doesnt the trigger slow down inserts/update we are doing to the table ?. Does it slow down if we are reading the data using the API when we have a trigger in place ?.
Ah, right you are. Are triggers off the table? You would want to write the trigger function in some (trusted?) language with access to the outside
