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Re: SQL check for existence of trigger

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From: Martijn Tonies
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 13:11
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IF is only supported in procedures and triggers.


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With regards,

Martijn Tonies
InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

"This is an object-oriented system.
If we change anything, the users object."


> Attempting to check if a trigger exists before dropping:
>
> if (exists(SELECT 1 FROM  rdb$triggers
>              WHERE rdb$trigger_name='T_BU_POMASTER')) then
> begin
> DROP TRIGGER T_BU_POMaster
> end
>
> When I run the above SQL, I get the following error.
>
> Dynamic SQL Error
> SQL error code = -104
> Token unknown - line 1, char 0
> if
>
> Suggestions???
>
> Thanks,
> Tom Greenway
>
>
>
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