CREATE DATABASE db1; USE db1; CREATE TABLE t1 (val INT); CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS val_sum BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + NEW.val; SET @sum=0; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (10), (20), (30); SELECT @sum; @sum 60 CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS val_sum_new BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + NEW.val; CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS val_sum AFTER INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + 1 + NEW.val; Warnings: Note 1359 Trigger 'db1.val_sum' already exists CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS val_sum BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + 2 + NEW.val; ERROR HY000: Incorrect usage of OR REPLACE and IF NOT EXISTS SELECT ACTION_STATEMENT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS WHERE TRIGGER_NAME='val_sum'; ACTION_STATEMENT SET @sum = @sum + NEW.val CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER val_sum BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + 3 + NEW.val; SELECT ACTION_STATEMENT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS WHERE TRIGGER_NAME='val_sum'; ACTION_STATEMENT SET @sum = @sum + 3 + NEW.val CREATE TRIGGER val_sum BEFORE INSERT ON t1 FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + 4 + NEW.val; ERROR HY000: Trigger 'db1.val_sum' already exists SELECT ACTION_STATEMENT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS WHERE TRIGGER_NAME='val_sum'; ACTION_STATEMENT SET @sum = @sum + 3 + NEW.val # Clearing up DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS val_sum; SELECT ACTION_STATEMENT FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS WHERE TRIGGER_NAME='val_sum'; ACTION_STATEMENT DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS val_sum; Warnings: Note 1360 Trigger does not exist DROP TABLE t1; DROP DATABASE db1;