sp_helptrigger (Transact-SQL)

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02/28/2023
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Applies to: SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

Returns the type or types of DML triggers defined on the specified table for the current database. sp_helptrigger cannot be used with DDL triggers. Query the system stored procedures catalog view instead.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

  
sp_helptrigger [ @tabname = ] 'table'   
     [ , [ @triggertype = ] 'type' ]

Arguments

[ @tabname = ] 'table' Is the name of the table in the current database for which to return trigger information. table is nvarchar(776), with no default.

[ @triggertype = ] 'type' Is the type of DML trigger to return information about. type is char(6), with a default of NULL, and can be one of these values.

Value	Description
DELETE	Returns DELETE trigger information.
INSERT	Returns INSERT trigger information.
UPDATE	Returns UPDATE trigger information.

Return Code Values

0 (success) or 1 (failure)

Result Sets

The following table shows the information that is contained in the result set.

Column name	Data type	Description
trigger_name	sysname	Name of the trigger.
trigger_owner	sysname	Name of the owner of the table on which the trigger is defined.
isupdate	int	1=UPDATE trigger 0=Not an UPDATE trigger
isdelete	int	1=DELETE trigger 0=Not a DELETE trigger
isinsert	int	1=INSERT trigger 0=Not an INSERT trigger
isafter	int	1=AFTER trigger 0=Not an AFTER trigger
isinsteadof	int	1=INSTEAD OF trigger 0=Not an INSTEAD OF trigger
trigger_schema	sysname	Name of the schema to which the trigger belongs.

Permissions

Requires Metadata Visibility Configuration permission on the table.

Examples

The following example executes sp_helptrigger to produce information about the trigger(s) on the Person.Person table.

USE AdventureWorks2012;  
GO  
EXEC sp_helptrigger 'Person.Person';