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

Use pg_dump to dump your schema as a text file
(/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_dump -s > my_schema.sql). This text file should
contain *all* of the data that creates the schema of your database,
including triggers and stored procedures. I think this should work ;)

-Ryan

At 09:18 AM 8/13/01 -0400, wsheldah(at)lexmark(dot)com wrote:

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