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DROP EVENT TRIGGER

remove an event trigger

Synopsis

DROP EVENT TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] NAME [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]

Description

DROP EVENT TRIGGER removes an existing event trigger. To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the event trigger.

Parameters

IF EXISTS : Do not throw an error if the event trigger does not exist. A notice is issued in this case.

name : The name of the event trigger to remove.

CASCADE : Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger, and in turn all objects that depend on those objects (see Dependency Tracking).

RESTRICT : Refuse to drop the trigger if any objects depend on it. This is the default.

Examples

Destroy the trigger snitch:

DROP EVENT TRIGGER snitch;

Compatibility

There is no DROP EVENT TRIGGER statement in the SQL standard.

See Also

sql-createeventtrigger, sql-altereventtrigger