DROP TRIGGER

Purpose

Use the DROP TRIGGER statement to remove a database trigger from the database.

See Also: CREATE TRIGGER for information on creating triggers ALTER TRIGGER for information on enabling, disabling, and compiling triggers

Prerequisites

The trigger must be in your own schema or you must have the DROP ANY TRIGGER system privilege.

In addition, to drop a trigger on DATABASE in another user's schema, you must have the ADMINISTER DATABASE TRIGGER system privilege.

See Also: CREATE TRIGGER for information on these privileges

Syntax

Keywords and Parameters

schema

Specify the schema containing the trigger. If you omit schema, Oracle assumes the trigger is in your own schema.

trigger

Specify the name of the trigger to be dropped. Oracle removes it from the database and does not fire it again.

Example

DROP TRIGGER Example

The following statement drops the reorder trigger in the schema ruth:

DROP TRIGGER ruth.reorder;