13.7.5.13. SHOW CREATE TRIGGER Syntax

SHOW CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name

This statement shows a CREATE TRIGGER statement that creates the given trigger.

mysql> SHOW CREATE TRIGGER ins_sum\G*************************** 1. row ***************************               Trigger: ins_sum              sql_mode:SQL Original Statement: CREATE DEFINER=`bob`@`localhost` TRIGGER ins_sum                        BEFORE INSERT ON account                        FOR EACH ROW SET @sum = @sum + NEW.amount  character_set_client: latin1  collation_connection: latin1_swedish_ci    Database Collation: latin1_swedish_ci

SHOW CREATE TRIGGER output has the following columns:

You can also obtain information about trigger objects from INFORMATION_SCHEMA, which contains a TRIGGERS table. See Section 20.27, "The INFORMATION_SCHEMA TRIGGERS Table".