CREATE TABLE MYADDRESSES(
EMPNO INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
ENAME     VARCHAR(100),
ADDR1     VARCHAR(100),
ADDR2     VARCHAR(100),
CITY      VARCHAR(100),
STATECODE VARCHAR(2),
ZIPCODE   VARCHAR(100),
PHONE     VARCHAR(20),
MOREDATA  VARCHAR(100)) --column 9 will not track changes

CREATE TABLE ADDRESSCHANGES(
EMPNO            INT ,
COLCHANGEDBITMASK   INT,       --example: saved so you can audit which cols actually changed, but they are both here anyway!
OLDENAME            VARCHAR(100),
OLDADDR1            VARCHAR(100),
OLDADDR2            VARCHAR(100),
OLDCITY             VARCHAR(100),
OLDSTATECODE        VARCHAR(2),
OLDZIPCODE          VARCHAR(100),
OLDPHONE            VARCHAR(20),
NEWENAME            VARCHAR(100),
NEWADDR1            VARCHAR(100),
NEWADDR2            VARCHAR(100),
NEWCITY             VARCHAR(100),
NEWSTATECODE        VARCHAR(2),
NEWZIPCODE          VARCHAR(100),
NEWPHONE            VARCHAR(20))
GO
--modified from http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic593727-148-1.aspx#bm595054
CREATE TRIGGER TR_MYADDRESSES 
ON MYADDRESSES 
AFTER UPDATE AS
/*Check whether columns 3 thru 8 have been updated. If any or all
 columns 2, 3 or 4 have been changed, create an audit record. The 
bitmask is: power(2,(2-1))+power(2,(3-1))+power(2,(4-1)) = 14. To test 
whether all columns 2, 3, and 4 are updated, use = 14 instead of > 0
 (below).
this one specifically is for 32 thru 8 is:
select  power(2,(3-1))
     + power(2,(4-1))
     + power(2,(5-1))
     + power(2,(6-1))
     + power(2,(7-1))
     + power(2,(8-1)) = 252*/
--IF (COLUMNS_UPDATED()) <> 0
IF (SUBSTRING(COLUMNS_UPDATED(),1,1) &amp; 252 )>0
BEGIN

--inside a trigger, two special tables exist for the duration of the trigger:
--the table INSERTED and the table DELETED
--an UPDATE would have data in both tables...the value WAS DELETED to be replaced with the value from INSERTED

  INSERT INTO ADDRESSCHANGES(EMPNO, COLCHANGEDBITMASK, OLDENAME, OLDADDR1, OLDADDR2, 
OLDCITY, OLDSTATECODE, OLDZIPCODE, OLDPHONE, 
NEWENAME, NEWADDR1, NEWADDR2, 
NEWCITY, NEWSTATECODE, NEWZIPCODE, NEWPHONE)
  SELECT 
    DELETED.EMPNO,
    COLUMNS_UPDATED(), 
    DELETED.ENAME,
    DELETED.ADDR1,
    DELETED.ADDR2,
    DELETED.CITY,
    DELETED.STATECODE,
    DELETED.ZIPCODE,
    DELETED.PHONE,
    INSERTED.ENAME,
    INSERTED.ADDR1,
    INSERTED.ADDR2,
    INSERTED.CITY,
    INSERTED.STATECODE,
    INSERTED.ZIPCODE,
    INSERTED.PHONE      
  FROM DELETED
    INNER JOIN INSERTED 
      ON DELETED.EMPNO = DELETED.EMPNO
   END;
GO
--insert some test data
INSERT INTO MYADDRESSES( ENAME, ADDR1, ADDR2, CITY, STATECODE, ZIPCODE, PHONE, MOREDATA)
SELECT 'Kalvin','123 My Imagination St','','Miami','FL','33024','555-1212','likes snowmen'
UNION
SELECT 'Hobbes','123 My Imagination St','','Miami','FL','33024','555-1222','likes to tease calvin'

--renaming Calvin doesn't raise the trigger
UPDATE MYADDRESSES SET ENAME='Calvin' WHERE ENAME='Kalvin' 
--changing the Address DOES:
UPDATE MYADDRESSES SET ADDR1='123 G.R.O.S.S. Clubhouse' WHERE ENAME='Calvin'
--changing multiple rows at the same time does trigger
UPDATE MYADDRESSES SET STATECODE='NY'
--setting the value to the same value  repeating a previous insert:
UPDATE MYADDRESSES SET ADDR1='123 G.R.O.S.S. Clubhouse' WHERE ENAME='Calvin'

SELECT * FROM MYADDRESSES
SELECT * FROM ADDRESSCHANGES