DROP TRIGGER SQL - Language Statements DROP TRIGGER remove a trigger 1998-09-22 DROP TRIGGER name ON table [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] 1998-09-22 name The name of an existing trigger. table The name (optionally schema-qualified) of a table. CASCADE Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger. RESTRICT Refuse to drop the trigger if there are any dependent objects. This is the default. 1998-09-22 DROP TRIGGER The message returned if the trigger is successfully dropped. ERROR: DropTrigger: there is no trigger name on relation "table" This message occurs if the trigger specified does not exist. 1998-09-22 DROP TRIGGER will remove an existing trigger definition. To execute this command the current user must be the owner of the table for which the trigger is defined. Destroy the if_dist_exists trigger on table films: DROP TRIGGER if_dist_exists ON films; SQL92 There is no DROP TRIGGER statement in SQL92. SQL99 The DROP TRIGGER statement in PostgreSQL is incompatible with SQL99. In SQL99, trigger names are not local to tables, so the command is simply DROP TRIGGER name.