How to: Open a Trigger
You can open a trigger to view or edit the text of an existing trigger that is stored in your database. Triggers are scripted in Transact-SQL for Microsoft SQL Server databases or PL/SQL for Oracle databases.
A trigger is differentiated from the database table columns in Server Explorer by the trigger icon.
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To open a trigger
In Server Explorer, expand the Tables folder.
Expand the table with the trigger you want to open.
Right-click the name of the trigger that you want to open and choose Open on the shortcut menu.
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Double-click the name of the trigger that you want to open.
The trigger is opened in a source code editor that you can use to edit the SQL statements.