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40.2. Event Trigger Firing Matrix #

Table 40.1 lists all commands for which event triggers are supported.

Table 40.1. Event Trigger Support by Command Tag

Command Tag ddl_​command_​start ddl_​command_​end sql_​drop table_​rewrite Notes
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 - X  
ALTER OPERATOR X X - -  
ALTER OPERATOR CLASS X X - -  
ALTER OPERATOR FAMILY X X - -  
ALTER POLICY X X - -  
ALTER PROCEDURE X X - -  
ALTER PUBLICATION X X - -  
ALTER ROUTINE X X - -  
ALTER SCHEMA X X - -  
ALTER SEQUENCE X X - -  
ALTER SERVER X X - -  
ALTER STATISTICS X X - -  
ALTER SUBSCRIPTION X X - -  
ALTER TABLE X 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 - X  
ALTER USER MAPPING X X - -  
ALTER VIEW X X - -  
COMMENT X X - - Only for local objects
CREATE ACCESS METHOD 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 POLICY X X - -  
CREATE PROCEDURE X X - -  
CREATE PUBLICATION X X - -  
CREATE RULE X X - -  
CREATE SCHEMA X X - -  
CREATE SEQUENCE X X - -  
CREATE SERVER X X - -  
CREATE STATISTICS X X - -  
CREATE SUBSCRIPTION 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 ACCESS METHOD X 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 POLICY X X X -  
DROP PROCEDURE X X X -  
DROP PUBLICATION X X X -  
DROP ROUTINE X X X -  
DROP RULE X X X -  
DROP SCHEMA X X X -  
DROP SEQUENCE X X X -  
DROP SERVER X X X -  
DROP STATISTICS X X X -  
DROP SUBSCRIPTION 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 -  
GRANT X X - - Only for local objects
IMPORT FOREIGN SCHEMA X X - -  
REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW X X - -  
REVOKE X X - - Only for local objects
SECURITY LABEL X X - - Only for local objects
SELECT INTO X X - -  

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