{"id":1000,"date":"2018-10-21T11:27:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T04:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/?page_id=1000"},"modified":"2020-04-11T20:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T13:13:04","slug":"sql-server-drop-trigger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-triggers\/sql-server-drop-trigger\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server DROP TRIGGER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the SQL Server <code>DROP TRIGGER<\/code> statement to remove existing triggers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='introduction-sql-server-drop-trigger-statements'>Introduction SQL Server DROP TRIGGER statements <a href=\"#introduction-sql-server-drop-trigger-statements\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"introduction-sql-server-drop-trigger-statements\" title=\"Anchor for Introduction SQL Server &lt;code&gt;DROP TRIGGER&lt;\/code&gt; statements\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SQL Server <code>DROP TRIGGER<\/code> statement drops one or more triggers from the database. The following illustrates the syntax of the <code>DROP TRIGGER<\/code> statement that removes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-triggers\/sql-server-create-trigger\/\">DML triggers<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DROP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TRIGGER<\/span> &#91; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> ] &#91;schema_name.]trigger_name &#91; ,...n ];\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>IF EXISTS<\/code> conditionally removes the trigger only when it already exists.<\/li><li><code>schema_name<\/code> is the name of the schema to which the DML trigger belongs.<\/li><li><code>trigger_name<\/code> is the name of the trigger that you wish to remove.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to remove multiple triggers at once, you need to separate triggers by commas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remove one or more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-triggers\/sql-server-ddl-trigger\/\">DDL triggers<\/a>, you use the following form of the <code>DROP TRIGGER<\/code> statement:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DROP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TRIGGER<\/span> &#91; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> ] trigger_name &#91; ,...n ]   \n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ON<\/span> { <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DATABASE<\/span> | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ALL<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SERVER<\/span> };\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>DATABASE<\/code> indicates that the scope of the DDL trigger applies to the current database.<\/li><li><code>ALL SERVER<\/code> indicates the scope of the DDL trigger applies to the current server.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To remove a <code>LOGON<\/code> event trigger, you use the following syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DROP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TRIGGER<\/span> &#91; <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> ] trigger_name &#91; ,...n ]   \n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ON<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ALL<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SERVER<\/span>;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Notice that when you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-drop-table\/\">drop a table<\/a>, all triggers associated with the table are also removed automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-drop-trigger-examples'>SQL Server DROP TRIGGER examples <a href=\"#sql-server-drop-trigger-examples\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-drop-trigger-examples\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;DROP TRIGGER&lt;\/code&gt; examples\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='a-sql-server-drop-trigger-drop-a-dml-trigger-example'>A) SQL Server DROP TRIGGER &#8211; drop a DML trigger example <a href=\"#a-sql-server-drop-trigger-drop-a-dml-trigger-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"a-sql-server-drop-trigger-drop-a-dml-trigger-example\" title=\"Anchor for A) SQL Server &lt;code&gt;DROP TRIGGER&lt;\/code&gt; - drop a DML trigger example\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement drops a DML trigger named <code>sales.trg_member_insert<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DROP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TRIGGER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> sales.trg_member_insert;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='b-sql-server-drop-trigger-drop-a-ddl-trigger-example'>B) SQL Server DROP TRIGGER &#8211; drop a DDL trigger example <a href=\"#b-sql-server-drop-trigger-drop-a-ddl-trigger-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"b-sql-server-drop-trigger-drop-a-ddl-trigger-example\" title=\"Anchor for B) SQL Server &lt;code&gt;DROP TRIGGER&lt;\/code&gt; - drop a DDL trigger example\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement removes the <code>trg_index_changes<\/code> trigger:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DROP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TRIGGER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> trg_index_changes;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span 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