SYSTRIGGERS system table

The SYSTRIGGERS table describes the database's triggers.

The following table shows the contents of the SYSTRIGGERS system table.

Table 1. SYSTRIGGERS system table
Column Name Type Length Nullable Contents
TRIGGERID CHAR 36 false Unique identifier for the trigger
TRIGGERNAME VARCHAR 128 false Name of the trigger
SCHEMAID CHAR 36 false ID of the trigger's schema (join with SYSSCHEMAS.SCHEMAID)
CREATIONTIMESTAMP TIMESTAMP 29 false Time the trigger was created, for internal use to ensure correct execution order of triggers.
EVENT CHAR 1 false 'U' for update, 'D' for delete, 'I' for insert
FIRINGTIME CHAR 1 false 'B' for before, 'A' for after
TYPE CHAR 1 false 'R' for row, 'S' for statement
STATE CHAR 1 false 'E' for enabled, 'D' for disabled
TABLEID CHAR 36 false ID of the table on which the trigger is defined
WHENSTMTID CHAR 36 true ID of the trigger's WHEN clause, if one is present
ACTIONSTMTID CHAR 36 true ID of the stored prepared statement for the triggeredSQLStatement (join with SYSSTATEMENTS.STMTID)
REFERENCEDCOLUMNS org.apache.derby. catalog. ReferencedColumns

This class is not part of the public API.

2,147,483,647 true Descriptor of the columns to be updated, if this trigger is an update trigger (that is, if the EVENT column contains 'U')
TRIGGERDEFINITION LONG VARCHAR 32,700 true Text of the action SQL statement
REFERENCINGOLD BOOLEAN 1 true Whether or not the OLDREFERENCINGNAME, if non-null, refers to the OLD row or table
REFERENCINGNEW BOOLEAN 1 true Whether or not the NEWREFERENCINGNAME, if non-null, refers to the NEW row or table
OLDREFERENCINGNAME VARCHAR 128 true Pseudoname as set using the REFERENCING OLD AS clause
NEWREFERENCINGNAME VARCHAR 128 true Pseudoname as set using the REFERENCING NEW AS clause
WHENCLAUSETEXT LONG VARCHAR 32,700 true Text of the trigger's WHEN clause, if one is present

Any SQL text that is part of a triggeredSQLStatement is compiled and stored in the SYSSTATEMENTS table. ACTIONSTMTID and WHENSTMTID are foreign keys that reference SYSSTATEMENTS.STMTID. The statements for a trigger are always in the same schema as the trigger.