Re: How can I view the definition of an existing trigger?

Thanks for the reply.  I checked pg_trigger, but it only seems to have
information *about* the trigger, and not the actual text of the trigger command.
As far as I can tell, the only way for me to hang on to trigger definitions is
to put the create trigger commands in a file that I then source into psql.  As
for triggers already created, my best bet may be to drop what's there and
recreate it so I know exactly what it does.  Unless anyone has a better idea....




Justin Clift <justin%postgresql.org@interlock.lexmark.com> on 08/11/2001
04:59:52 PM

To:   "Wesley_Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark.LEXMARK"@sweeper.lex.lexmark.com
cc:    (bcc: Wesley Sheldahl/Lex/Lexmark)
Subject:  Re: [GENERAL] How can I view the definition of an existing trigger?


Hi Wes,

Not sure exactly, but in theory it would be stored in one of
PostgreSQL's special pg_* tables.  So, also in theory, if you can
isolate where they're stored, you might be able to find it.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


wsheldah@lexmark.com wrote:
>
> Is there any way short of a full database dump to view the "CREATE TRIGGER"
> statement of a trigger after it's been created, preferable via a command line
> tool like psql?  Is it accessible via any of the GUI tools out there?  Thanks,
>
> Wes
>
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