MySQL: DROP TRIGGER Statement
This MySQL tutorial explains how to use the DROP TRIGGER statement to drop a trigger in MySQL with syntax and examples.
Description
Once you have created a trigger in MySQL, you might find that you need to remove it from the database. You can do this with the DROP TRIGGER statement.
Syntax
The syntax to a drop a trigger in MySQL is:
DROP TRIGGER trigger_name;
Parameters or Arguments
- trigger_name
- The name of the trigger that you wish to drop.
Note
- See also how to create AFTER DELETE, AFTER INSERT, AFTER UPDATE, BEFORE DELETE, BEFORE INSERT, and BEFORE UPDATE triggers.
Example
Let's look at an example of how to drop a trigger in MySQL.
For example:
DROP TRIGGER orders_before_insert;
This example uses the ALTER TRIGGER statement to drop the trigger called orders_before_insert.
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