- <refentry id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER">
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>
- DROP TRIGGER
- </refentrytitle>
- <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
- </refmeta>
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>
- DROP TRIGGER
- </refname>
- <refpurpose>
- Removes the definition of a trigger
- </refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsynopsisdivinfo>
- <synopsis>
- DROP TRIGGER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>
- </synopsis>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-1">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Inputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The name of an existing trigger.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The name of a table.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-2">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Outputs
- </title>
- <para>
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><computeroutput>
- DROP
- </computeroutput></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The message returned if the trigger is successfully dropped.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><computeroutput>
- ERROR: DropTrigger: there is no trigger <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> on relation "<replaceable class="parameter">table</replaceable>"
- </computeroutput></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This message occurs if the trigger specified does not exist.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-1">
- <refsect1info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect1info>
- <title>
- Description
- </title>
- <para>
- <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> will remove all references to an existing
- trigger definition. To execute this command the current
- user must be the owner of the trigger.
- </para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-3">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- Notes
- </title>
- <para>
- <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> is a <productname>Postgres</productname>
- language extension.
- </para>
- <para>
- Refer to <command>CREATE TRIGGER</command> for
- information on how to create triggers.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-2">
- <title>
- Usage
- </title>
- <para>
- Destroy the <literal>if_dist_exists</literal> trigger
- on table <literal>films</literal>:
- <programlisting>
- DROP TRIGGER if_dist_exists ON films;
- </programlisting>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
- <refsect1 id="R1-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-3">
- <title>
- Compatibility
- </title>
- <para>
- </para>
- <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-DROPTRIGGER-4">
- <refsect2info>
- <date>1998-09-22</date>
- </refsect2info>
- <title>
- SQL92
- </title>
- <para>
- There is no <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> statement in
- <acronym>SQL92</acronym>.
- </para>
- </refsect2>
- </refsect1>
- </refentry>
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