createTrigger

Last updated: January 21, 2026

Note: This is a Liquibase Secure Change Type, so you need a Liquibase Secure License Key to use it.

The createTrigger Change Type creates the trigger in a database.

Uses

You can typically use the createTrigger Change Type when you want to add a trigger to the table which will be automatically activated when a specific event occurs in your database. It can include catalog, schema, and table name attributes listed in this documentation.

Running the `createTrigger` Change Type

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.
Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.
Deploy your changeset by running the update command:liquibase update

Now, you should see that the trigger you've specified is added.

Available attributes

Name	Description	Required for	Supports	Since
`catalogName`	Name of the catalog		asany, db2, db2z, derby, firebird, h2, hsqldb, informix, ingres, mariadb, mysql, oracle, postgresql, sqlite, sybase
`dbms`	Specifies which database type(s)a changeset is to be used for. See valid database type names on `dbms`. Separate multiple databases with commas. Specify that a changeset is not applicable to a particular database type by prefixing with `!`.The keywords `all` and `none` are also available.		all	3.1
`disabled`	Specifies whether the trigger is disabled.		all
`encoding`	Encoding used in the file specified in the `path` attribute. Default: `UTF-8`. Note: Modifying the`{encoding\|fileEncoding}` setting causes checksum mismatches for previously applied changesets. If your changeset edits are safe and intentional, you can explicitly tell Liquibase to accept the new checksum using validCheckSum. See How to resolve checksum errors for more information.		all
`path`	File containing the procedure text. Either this attribute or a nested procedure text is required.	all	all
`procedureText`	The SQL creating the procedure. You need to define either this attribute or the `path` attribute. The `procedureText` attribute is not supported in the XML format; however, you can specify the procedure SQL in a nested format. See the XML example.	all	all
`relativeToChangelogFile`	Specifies whether the file path is relative to the changelog file rather than looked up in the search path. Default: `false`.		all
`replaceIfExists`	Boolean. If the stored procedure defined by `procedureName` already exists, alter it instead of creating it. Default: `false`.		mariadb, mssql, mysql
`schemaName`	Name of the schema		all
`scope`	Name of the module for a trigger		all
`tableName`	Name of the table		all
`triggerBody`	The trigger SQL	all	all
`triggerName`	Name of the trigger	all	all

Database support

Database	Notes	Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW	Supported	No
DB2/z	Supported	No
Derby	Supported	No
Firebird	Supported	No
Google BigQuery	Supported	No
H2	Supported	No
HyperSQL	Supported	No
INGRES	Supported	No
Informix	Supported	No
MariaDB	Supported	No
MySQL	Supported	No
Oracle	Supported	No
PostgreSQL	Supported	No
Snowflake	Not Supported	No
SQL Server	Supported	No
SQLite	Supported	No
Sybase	Supported	No
Sybase Anywhere	Supported	No

createTrigger examples

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  createTrigger-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  createTrigger:
        catalogName:  cat
        dbms:  h2, !oracle, mysql
        disabled:  true
        encoding:  UTF-8
        path:  com/example/my-logic.sql
        relativeToChangelogFile:  true
        replaceIfExists:  false
        schemaName:  public
        scope:  A String
        tableName:  person
        triggerBody:  A String
        triggerName:  A String

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "createTrigger-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "createTrigger": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "dbms": "h2, !oracle, mysql",
                            "disabled": true,
                            "encoding": "UTF-8",
                            "path": "com/example/my-logic.sql",
                            "relativeToChangelogFile": true,
                            "replaceIfExists": false,
                            "schemaName": "public",
                            "scope": "A String",
                            "tableName": "person",
                            "triggerBody": "A String",
                            "triggerName": "A String"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs" id="createTrigger-example">
        <pro:createTrigger catalogName="cat"
            dbms="h2, !oracle, mysql"
            disabled="true"
            encoding="UTF-8"
            path="com/example/my-logic.sql"
            relativeToChangelogFile="true"
            replaceIfExists="false"
            schemaName="public"
            scope="A String"
            tableName="person"
            triggerName="A String">A String</pro:createTrigger>
	</changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  createTrigger-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  createTrigger:
        catalogName:  cat
        dbms:  h2, !oracle, mysql
        disabled:  true
        encoding:  UTF-8
        path:  com/example/my-logic.sql
        relativeToChangelogFile:  true
        replaceIfExists:  false
        schemaName:  public
        scope:  A String
        tableName:  person
        triggerBody:  A String
        triggerName:  A String

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "createTrigger-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "createTrigger": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "dbms": "h2, !oracle, mysql",
                            "disabled": true,
                            "encoding": "UTF-8",
                            "path": "com/example/my-logic.sql",
                            "relativeToChangelogFile": true,
                            "replaceIfExists": false,
                            "schemaName": "public",
                            "scope": "A String",
                            "tableName": "person",
                            "triggerBody": "A String",
                            "triggerName": "A String"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs" id="createTrigger-example">
        <pro:createTrigger catalogName="cat"
            dbms="h2, !oracle, mysql"
            disabled="true"
            encoding="UTF-8"
            path="com/example/my-logic.sql"
            relativeToChangelogFile="true"
            replaceIfExists="false"
            schemaName="public"
            scope="A String"
            tableName="person"
            triggerName="A String">A String</pro:createTrigger>
	</changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

createTrigger

Uses

Running the createTrigger Change Type

Available attributes

Database support

createTrigger examples

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Running the `createTrigger` Change Type