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DROP TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> ON <em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.141.5"><h2>Description</h2><p>
<code class="command">DROP TRIGGER</code> removes an existing
trigger definition. To execute this command, the current
user must be the owner of the table for which the trigger is defined.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.141.6"><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">IF EXISTS</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Do not throw an error if the trigger does not exist. A notice is issued
in this case.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name of the trigger to remove.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="replaceable"><code>table_name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table for which
the trigger is defined.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">CASCADE</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger,
and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
(see <a class="xref" href="ddl-depend.html" title="5.13. Dependency Tracking">Section 5.13</a>).
</p></dd><dt><span class="term"><code class="literal">RESTRICT</code></span></dt><dd><p>
Refuse to drop the trigger if any objects depend on it. This is
the default.
</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER-EXAMPLES"><h2>Examples</h2><p>
Destroy the trigger <code class="literal">if_dist_exists</code> on the table
<code class="literal">films</code>:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
DROP TRIGGER if_dist_exists ON films;
</pre></div><div class="refsect1" id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER-COMPATIBILITY"><h2>Compatibility</h2><p>
The <code class="command">DROP TRIGGER</code> statement in
<span class="productname">PostgreSQL</span> is incompatible with the SQL
standard. In the SQL standard, trigger names are not local to
tables, so the command is simply <code class="literal">DROP TRIGGER
<em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em></code>.
</p></div><div class="refsect1" id="id-1.9.3.141.9"><h2>See Also</h2><span class="simplelist"><a class="xref" href="sql-createtrigger.html" title="CREATE TRIGGER"><span class="refentrytitle">CREATE TRIGGER</span></a></span></div></div><div class="navfooter"><hr /><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="sql-droptransform.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="sql-commands.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="sql-droptype.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">DROP TRANSFORM </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> DROP TYPE</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
