Debugging is a regular part of any software development. Event handlers can be debugged during the development process.

To debug an event handler (Sybase Central)

1. Connect to the database as a user with DBA authority.

2. From the Mode menu, choose Debug.

3. In the left pane, double-click Events.

4. Double-click the event you want to debug.

5. On the SQL tab in the right pane, press F9 to set a breakpoint.

6. From Interactive SQL or another application, trigger the event handler using the TRIGGER EVENT statement.

7. The execution stops at the breakpoint you set.

See also

• Developing event handlers
• Debugging procedures, functions, triggers, and events