Modifying Triggers

To recompile a trigger, you must own the trigger or have the ALTER ANY TRIGGER system privilege.

Modifying Triggers

Like a stored procedure, a trigger cannot be explicitly altered: It must be replaced with a new definition. (The ALTER TRIGGER statement is used only to recompile, enable, or disable a trigger.)

When replacing a trigger, you must include the OR REPLACE option in the CREATE TRIGGER statement. The OR REPLACE option is provided to allow a new version of an existing trigger to replace the older version, without affecting any grants made for the original version of the trigger.

Alternatively, the trigger can be dropped using the DROP TRIGGER statement, and you can rerun the CREATE TRIGGER statement.

To drop a trigger, the trigger must be in your schema, or you must have the DROP ANY TRIGGER system privilege.

Debugging Triggers

You can debug a trigger using the same facilities available for stored procedures.

See Also: "Debugging Stored Procedures" on page 7-40

Enabling and Disabling Triggers

A trigger can be in one of two distinct modes:

Enabled. An enabled trigger executes its trigger body if a triggering statement is entered and the trigger restriction (if any) evaluates to TRUE.

Disabled. A disabled trigger does not execute its trigger body, even if a triggering statement is entered and the trigger restriction (if any) evaluates to TRUE.

Enabling Triggers

By default, a trigger is automatically enabled when it is created; however, it can later be disabled. After you have completed the task that required the trigger to be disabled, re-enable the trigger, so that it fires when appropriate.

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