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<!--
doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_event_trigger.sgml
PostgreSQL documentation
-->

<refentry id="SQL-DROPEVENTTRIGGER">
 <refmeta>
  <refentrytitle>DROP EVENT TRIGGER</refentrytitle>
  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
 </refmeta>

 <refnamediv>
  <refname>DROP EVENT TRIGGER</refname>
  <refpurpose>remove an event trigger</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <indexterm zone="sql-dropeventtrigger">
  <primary>DROP EVENT TRIGGER</primary>
 </indexterm>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
<synopsis>
DROP EVENT TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
</synopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>

  <para>
   <command>DROP EVENT TRIGGER</command> removes an existing event trigger.
   To execute this command, the current user must be the owner of the event
   trigger.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>Parameters</title>

  <variablelist>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Do not throw an error if the event trigger does not exist. A notice
      is issued in this case.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">name</replaceable></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      The name of the event trigger to remove.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>

   <varlistentry>
    <term><literal>RESTRICT</literal></term>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Refuse to drop the trigger if any objects depend on it.  This is
      the default.
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </varlistentry>
  </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="sql-dropeventtrigger-examples">
  <title>Examples</title>

  <para>
   Destroy the trigger <literal>snitch</literal>:

<programlisting>
DROP EVENT TRIGGER snitch;
</programlisting></para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 id="sql-dropeventtrigger-compatibility">
  <title>Compatibility</title>

  <para>
   There is no <command>DROP EVENT TRIGGER</command> statement in the
   SQL standard.
  </para>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1>
  <title>See Also</title>

  <simplelist type="inline">
   <member><xref linkend="sql-createeventtrigger"></member>
   <member><xref linkend="sql-altereventtrigger"></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>