## Name

ALTER EVENT TRIGGER — change the definition of an event trigger

## Synopsis

    ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name DISABLE
    ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ]
    ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name OWNER TO { new_owner | CURRENT_USER | SESSION_USER }
    ALTER EVENT TRIGGER name RENAME TO new_name

## Description

`ALTER EVENT TRIGGER` changes properties of an existing event trigger.

You must be superuser to alter an event trigger.

## Parameters

`name`

  The name of an existing trigger to alter.

`new_owner`

  The user name of the new owner of the event trigger.

`new_name`

  The new name of the event trigger.

`DISABLE`/`ENABLE [ REPLICA | ALWAYS ] TRIGGER`

  These forms configure the firing of event triggers. A disabled trigger is still known to the system, but is not executed when its triggering event occurs. See also session_replication_role.

## Compatibility

There is no `ALTER EVENT TRIGGER` statement in the SQL standard.

## See Also

CREATE EVENT TRIGGER, DROP EVENT TRIGGER