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 output of this statement is unreliably affected by the sql_quote_show_create server system variable - see http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=12719

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

See also

• Trigger Overview
• CREATE TRIGGER
• DROP TRIGGER
• information_schema.TRIGGERS Table
• SHOW TRIGGERS
• Trigger Limitations