In a DROP TRIGGER statement, the table name must be prepended to the name of the trigger:
DROP TRIGGER <table name>.<trigger name>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE Employee(
-> id int,
-> first_name VARCHAR(15),
-> last_name VARCHAR(15),
-> start_date DATE,
-> end_date DATE,
-> salary FLOAT(8,2),
-> city VARCHAR(10),
-> description VARCHAR(15)
-> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values (1,'Jason', 'Martin', '19960725', '20060725', 1234.56, 'Toronto', 'Programmer');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(2,'Alison', 'Mathews', '19760321', '19860221', 6661.78, 'Vancouver','Tester');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(3,'James', 'Smith', '19781212', '19900315', 6544.78, 'Vancouver','Tester');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(4,'Celia', 'Rice', '19821024', '19990421', 2344.78, 'Vancouver','Manager');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(5,'Robert', 'Black', '19840115', '19980808', 2334.78, 'Vancouver','Tester');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(6,'Linda', 'Green', '19870730', '19960104', 4322.78,'New York', 'Tester');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(7,'David', 'Larry', '19901231', '19980212', 7897.78,'New York', 'Manager');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
mysql>
mysql> insert into Employee(id,first_name, last_name, start_date, end_Date, salary, City, Description)
-> values(8,'James', 'Cat', '19960917', '20020415', 1232.78,'Vancouver', 'Tester');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> select * from Employee;
+------+------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+-----------+-------------+
| id | first_name | last_name | start_date | end_date | salary | city | description |
+------+------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+-----------+-------------+
| 1 | Jason | Martin | 1996-07-25 | 2006-07-25 | 1234.56 | Toronto | Programmer |
| 2 | Alison | Mathews | 1976-03-21 | 1986-02-21 | 6661.78 | Vancouver | Tester |
| 3 | James | Smith | 1978-12-12 | 1990-03-15 | 6544.78 | Vancouver | Tester |
| 4 | Celia | Rice | 1982-10-24 | 1999-04-21 | 2344.78 | Vancouver | Manager |
| 5 | Robert | Black | 1984-01-15 | 1998-08-08 | 2334.78 | Vancouver | Tester |
| 6 | Linda | Green | 1987-07-30 | 1996-01-04 | 4322.78 | New York | Tester |
| 7 | David | Larry | 1990-12-31 | 1998-02-12 | 7897.78 | New York | Manager |
| 8 | James | Cat | 1996-09-17 | 2002-04-15 | 1232.78 | Vancouver | Tester |
+------+------------+-----------+------------+------------+---------+-----------+-------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> DELIMITER //
mysql>
mysql> CREATE TRIGGER myTrigger BEFORE UPDATE ON employee
-> FOR EACH ROW
-> BEGIN
->
-> IF NEW.id > 5 THEN
-> SET NEW.first_name = NEW.first_name+ " *";
-> END IF;
->
-> IF NEW.salary IS NULL OR NEW.salary = 0 THEN
-> SET NEW.salary = 100;
-> ELSE
-> SET NEW.salary = NEW.salary + 100;
-> END IF;
->
-> END
->
-> //
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
mysql> DELIMITER ;
mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS;
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+---------+----------+----------------+
| TRIGGER_CATALOG | TRIGGER_SCHEMA | TRIGGER_NAME | EVENT_MANIPULATION | EVENT_OBJECT_CATALOG | EVENT_OBJECT_SCHEMA | EVENT_OBJECT_TABLE | ACTION_ORDER | ACTION_CONDITION | ACTION_STATEMENT | ACTION_ORIENTATION | ACTION_TIMING | ACTION_REFERENCE_OLD_TABLE | ACTION_REFERENCE_NEW_TABLE | ACTION_REFERENCE_OLD_ROW | ACTION_REFERENCE_NEW_ROW | CREATED | SQL_MODE | DEFINER |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+---------+----------+----------------+
| NULL | test | myTrigger | UPDATE | NULL | test | employee | 0 | NULL | BEGIN
IF NEW.id > 5 THEN
SET NEW.first_name = NEW.first_name+ " *";
END IF;
IF NEW.salary IS NULL OR NEW.salary = 0 THEN
SET NEW.salary = 100;
ELSE
SET NEW.salary = NEW.salary + 100;
END IF;
END | ROW | BEFORE | NULL | NULL | OLD | NEW | NULL | | root@localhost |
+-----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------------+----------------------+---------------------+--------------------+--------------+------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+---------------+----------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+---------+----------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.03 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> DROP TRIGGER myTrigger;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql> SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TRIGGERS;
Empty set (0.02 sec)
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> drop table Employee;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
mysql>
mysql>