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SQL in a Nutshell
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SQL in a Nutshell

by Kevin Kline
December 2000
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
9h 52m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

DROP TRIGGER

Synopsis

The DROP TRIGGER command removes a trigger for a table within the current database.

Vendor

Command

SQL Server

Supported, with variations

MySQL

Not supported

Oracle

Supported, with variations

PostgreSQL

Supported, with variations

SQL99 Syntax and Description

DROP TRIGGER trigger_name

DROP TRIGGER removes a trigger from the current database. MySQL does not support this command.

Microsoft SQL Server Syntax and Variations

DROP TRIGGER [owner_name.]trigger_name [,...n]
GO

Microsoft SQL Server allows multiple triggers to be dropped by placing a comma between each trigger name.

Oracle Syntax and Variations

DROP TRIGGER [owner_name.]trigger_name;

Oracle drops the indicated trigger and commits pending changes to the database when this command is executed.

PostgreSQL Syntax and Variations

DROP TRIGGER trigger_name ON table_name;

PostgreSQL requires that the table where the trigger resides is named. It then drops all references to an existing trigger when this command is executed.

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ISBN: 1565927443