The Firebird 5.0 Language Reference

`RECREATE TRIGGER`

Drops a trigger if it exists, and creates a trigger

Available in

DSQL

Syntax

RECREATE TRIGGER trigname
  { <relation_trigger_legacy>
  | <relation_trigger_sql>
  | <database_trigger>
  | <ddl_trigger> }
  {<psql_trigger> | <external-module-body>}

!! See syntax of CREATE TRIGGER for further rules !!

The RECREATE TRIGGER statement creates a new trigger if no trigger with the specified name exists;otherwise the RECREATE TRIGGER statement tries to drop the existing trigger and create a new one.The operation will fail on COMMIT if the trigger is in use.

Warning

Be aware that dependency errors are not detected until the COMMIT phase of this operation.

Example of `RECREATE TRIGGER`

Creating or recreating the set_cust_no trigger.

RECREATE TRIGGER set_cust_no
ACTIVE BEFORE INSERT ON customer POSITION 0
AS
BEGIN
  IF (NEW.cust_no IS NULL) THEN
    NEW.cust_no = GEN_ID(cust_no_gen, 1);
END

RECREATE TRIGGER

RECREATE TRIGGER

Example of RECREATE TRIGGER

`RECREATE TRIGGER`

Example of `RECREATE TRIGGER`