How to get a list of triggers

If you are like me, you spend a lot of time in Microsoft SQL Server. Often, a trigger can cause you a lot of grief. Whether it is a recursive trigger that goes into an endless loop. Or a trigger that is updating data in the recordset that you are trying to save (causing problems in your client code).

Here is a quick way to get a list of all triggers in a particular DB

SELECT 
     sysobjects.name AS trigger_name 
    ,USER_NAME(sysobjects.uid) AS trigger_owner 
    ,s.name AS table_schema 
    ,OBJECT_NAME(parent_obj) AS table_name 
    ,OBJECTPROPERTY( id, 'ExecIsUpdateTrigger') AS isupdate 
    ,OBJECTPROPERTY( id, 'ExecIsDeleteTrigger') AS isdelete 
    ,OBJECTPROPERTY( id, 'ExecIsInsertTrigger') AS isinsert 
    ,OBJECTPROPERTY( id, 'ExecIsAfterTrigger') AS isafter 
    ,OBJECTPROPERTY( id, 'ExecIsInsteadOfTrigger') AS isinsteadof 
    ,OBJECTPROPERTY(id, 'ExecIsTriggerDisabled') AS [disabled] 
FROM sysobjects WITH(NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN sys.tables t WITH(NOLOCK)
    ON sysobjects.parent_obj = t.object_id 
INNER JOIN sys.schemas s WITH(NOLOCK)
    ON t.schema_id = s.schema_id 
WHERE sysobjects.type = 'TR' 

You will get a result like this that will list out the triggers and which tables they are tied to.