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+doc/src/sgml/ref/drop_trigger.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-droptrigger">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-droptrigger">
+  <primary>DROP TRIGGER</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+  <refentrytitle>DROP TRIGGER</refentrytitle>
+  <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+  <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+  <refname>DROP TRIGGER</refname>
+  <refpurpose>remove a trigger</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+DROP TRIGGER [ IF EXISTS ] <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable> ON <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ]
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Description</title>
+
+  <para>
+   <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> removes an existing
+   trigger definition. To execute this command, the current
+   user must be the owner of the table for which the trigger is defined.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>Parameters</title>
+
+  <variablelist>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>IF EXISTS</literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Do not throw an error if the 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 trigger to remove.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table for which
+      the trigger is defined.
+     </para>
+    </listitem>
+   </varlistentry>
+
+   <varlistentry>
+    <term><literal>CASCADE</literal></term>
+    <listitem>
+     <para>
+      Automatically drop objects that depend on the trigger,
+      and in turn all objects that depend on those objects
+      (see <xref linkend="ddl-depend"/>).
+     </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-droptrigger-examples">
+  <title>Examples</title>
+
+  <para>
+   Destroy the trigger <literal>if_dist_exists</literal> on the table
+   <literal>films</literal>:
+
+<programlisting>
+DROP TRIGGER if_dist_exists ON films;
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1 id="sql-droptrigger-compatibility">
+  <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+  <para>
+   The <command>DROP TRIGGER</command> statement in
+   <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> is incompatible with the SQL
+   standard.  In the SQL standard, trigger names are not local to
+   tables, so the command is simply <literal>DROP TRIGGER
+   <replaceable>name</replaceable></literal>.
+  </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+  <title>See Also</title>
+
+  <simplelist type="inline">
+   <member><xref linkend="sql-createtrigger"/></member>
+  </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>