ALTER TRIGGER

NAME

ALTER TRIGGER - change the definition of a trigger

SYNOPSIS

ALTER TRIGGER name ON table RENAME TO newname

DESCRIPTION

ALTER TRIGGER changes properties of an existing trigger. The RENAME clause changes the name of the given trigger without otherwise changing the trigger definition.

You must own the table on which the trigger acts to be allowed to change its properties.

PARAMETERS

name: The name of an existing trigger to alter.
table: The name of the table on which this trigger acts.
newname: The new name for the trigger.

EXAMPLES

To rename an existing trigger:

ALTER TRIGGER emp_stamp ON emp RENAME TO emp_track_chgs;

COMPATIBILITY

ALTER TRIGGER is a PostgreSQL extension of the SQL standard.