ALTER EVENT TRIGGER

change the definition of an event trigger

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name: ALTER EVENT TRIGGER
purpose: change the definition of an event trigger
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synopsis text: ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name DISABLE ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ] ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER } ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name RENAME TO new_name

Syntax

ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name DISABLE
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name RENAME TO new_name

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Definition PG 18

ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name DISABLE
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name RENAME TO new_name

Description

ALTER EVENT TRIGGER changes properties of an existing event trigger.

You must be superuser to alter an event trigger.

Parameters

name: The name of an existing trigger to alter.
new_owner: The user name of the new owner of the event trigger.
new_name: The new name of the event trigger.
DISABLE/ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]: These forms configure the firing of event triggers. A disabled trigger is still known to the system, but is not executed when its triggering event occurs. See also session_replication_role.

Compatibility

There is no ALTER EVENT TRIGGER statement in the SQL standard.

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ALTER EVENT TRIGGER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> DISABLE
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> OWNER TO { <em class="replaceable"><code>new_owner</code></em> | CURRENT_ROLE | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
ALTER EVENT TRIGGER <em class="replaceable"><code>name</code></em> RENAME TO <em class="replaceable"><code>new_name</code></em>

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