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37.2. Event Trigger Firing Matrix

Table 37-1 lists all commands for which event triggers are supported.

Table 37-1. Event Trigger Support by Command Tag

command tag ddl_command_start ddl_command_end sql_drop
ALTER AGGREGATE X X -
ALTER COLLATION X X -
ALTER CONVERSION X X -
ALTER DOMAIN X X -
ALTER DEFAULT PRIVILEGES X X -
ALTER EXTENSION X X -
ALTER FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER X X -
ALTER FOREIGN TABLE X X X
ALTER FUNCTION X X -
ALTER LANGUAGE X X -
ALTER LARGE OBJECT X X -
ALTER MATERIALIZED VIEW X X -
ALTER OPERATOR X X -
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS X X -
ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY X X -
ALTER SCHEMA X X -
ALTER SEQUENCE X X -
ALTER SERVER X X -
ALTER TABLE X X X
ALTER TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION X X -
ALTER TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY X X -
ALTER TEXT SEARCH PARSER X X -
ALTER TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE X X -
ALTER TRIGGER X X -
ALTER TYPE X X -
ALTER USER MAPPING X X -
ALTER VIEW X X -
CREATE AGGREGATE X X -
CREATE CAST X X -
CREATE COLLATION X X -
CREATE CONVERSION X X -
CREATE DOMAIN X X -
CREATE EXTENSION X X -
CREATE FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER X X -
CREATE FOREIGN TABLE X X -
CREATE FUNCTION X X -
CREATE INDEX X X -
CREATE LANGUAGE X X -
CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW X X -
CREATE OPERATOR X X -
CREATE OPERATOR CLASS X X -
CREATE OPERATOR FAMILY X X -
CREATE RULE X X -
CREATE SCHEMA X X -
CREATE SEQUENCE X X -
CREATE SERVER X X -
CREATE TABLE X X -
CREATE TABLE AS X X -
CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION X X -
CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY X X -
CREATE TEXT SEARCH PARSER X X -
CREATE TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE X X -
CREATE TRIGGER X X -
CREATE TYPE X X -
CREATE USER MAPPING X X -
CREATE VIEW X X -
DROP AGGREGATE X X X
DROP CAST X X X
DROP COLLATION X X X
DROP CONVERSION X X X
DROP DOMAIN X X X
DROP EXTENSION X X X
DROP FOREIGN DATA WRAPPER X X X
DROP FOREIGN TABLE X X X
DROP FUNCTION X X X
DROP INDEX X X X
DROP LANGUAGE X X X
DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW X X X
DROP OPERATOR X X X
DROP OPERATOR CLASS X X X
DROP OPERATOR FAMILY X X X
DROP OWNED X X X
DROP RULE X X X
DROP SCHEMA X X X
DROP SEQUENCE X X X
DROP SERVER X X X
DROP TABLE X X X
DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION X X X
DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY X X X
DROP TEXT SEARCH PARSER X X X
DROP TEXT SEARCH TEMPLATE X X X
DROP TRIGGER X X X
DROP TYPE X X X
DROP USER MAPPING X X X
DROP VIEW X X X
SELECT INTO X X -