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# Temporarily Disable Triggers
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In general, you are always going to want your triggers to fire. That's why
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they are there. Though special circumstances may arise where you need to
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temporarily disable them. Use
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```sql
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> set session_replication_role = 'replica';
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SET
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```
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By changing the
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[replication role](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-SESSION-REPLICATION-ROLE)
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from `origin` to
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`replica` you are essentially disabling all non-replica triggers across the
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database (for that session). When you are done, you can simply set the
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replication role back so that normal trigger behavior can resume
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```sql
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> set session_replication_role = 'origin';
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SET
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```
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A more direct and fine-grained approach to disabling triggers is to use an
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`alter table` command that targets a specific trigger.
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h/t Jack Christensen
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