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<refentry id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER-TITLE">DROP TRIGGER</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>DROP TRIGGER</refname>
<refpurpose>remove a trigger</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP TRIGGER <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>
<command>DROP TRIGGER</command> 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.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name of the trigger to remove.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The name (optionally schema-qualified) of a table for which the
trigger is defined.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Refuse to drop the trigger if any objects depend on it. This is
the default.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>Diagnostics</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><computeroutput>DROP TRIGGER</computeroutput></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Message returned if the trigger was 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>
Message returned if the specified trigger does not exist.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER-examples">
<title>Examples</title>
<para>
Destroy the trigger <literal>if_dist_exists</literal> on the table
<literal>films</literal>:
<programlisting>
DROP TRIGGER if_dist_exists ON films;
</programlisting>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="SQL-DROPTRIGGER-compatibility">
<title>Compatibility</title>
<para>
The <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> statement in
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is incompatible with the SQL
standard. In the SQL standard, trigger names are not local to
tables, so the command is simply <literal>DROP TRIGGER
<replaceable>name</replaceable></literal>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<simplelist type="inline">
<member><xref linkend="sql-createtrigger" endterm="sql-createtrigger-title"></member>
</simplelist>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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