SHOW CREATE TRIGGER

Retrieve the CREATE TRIGGER statement. This statement displays the SQL syntax defining a specific trigger and its timing events.

Syntax

SHOW CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name

Description

This statement shows a CREATE TRIGGER statement that creates the given trigger, as well as the SQL_MODE that was used when the trigger has been created and the character set used by the connection.

The TRIGGER privilege is required on the table the trigger is defined for to execute this statement.

Current

SHOW CREATE TRIGGER quotes identifiers, according to the value of the sql_quote_show_create system variable.

< 10.6.5 / 10.5.13 / 10.4.22

Examples

SHOW CREATE TRIGGER example\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
               Trigger: example
              sql_mode: ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,STRICT_ALL_TABLES
,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_
ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
SQL Original Statement: CREATE DEFINER=`root`@`localhost` TRIGGER example BEFORE
 INSERT ON t FOR EACH ROW
BEGIN
        SET NEW.c = NEW.c * 2;
END
  character_set_client: cp850
  collation_connection: cp850_general_ci
  Database Collation: utf8_general_ci
  Created: 2016-09-29 13:53:34.35

Current

The Created column serves to better view multiple trigger events.

< 10.2.3

See Also

• Trigger Overview

• CREATE TRIGGER

• DROP TRIGGER

• information_schema.TRIGGERS Table

• SHOW TRIGGERS

• Trigger Limitations

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