Dropping triggers

Once you create a trigger, it remains in the database until someone explicitly removes it. You must have ALTER permissions on the table associated with the trigger to drop the trigger.

To delete a trigger (Sybase Central)

  1. Connect to the database as a user with DBA authority or as the owner of the trigger.

  2. In the left pane, double-click Triggers.

  3. Select the trigger and choose Edit » Delete.

  4. Click Yes.

To delete a trigger (SQL)

  1. Connect to a database as a user with DBA authority or as the owner of the trigger.

  2. Execute a DROP TRIGGER statement.

Example

The following statement removes the mytrigger trigger from the database:

DROP TRIGGER mytrigger;
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