Can an Oracle trigger be disabled for the current session?

Question

I\'d like to disable a specific trigger on a table prior to inserting data into it, but without affecting other users that may be changing data in that same tab

Answer 1

Add a variable to an existing package spec (or create a new package):

enable_trigger boolean := true;

Surround the code in the trigger with:

if enable_trigger then

end if;

When you want to "disable" the trigger set the variable to false.

A Best Practice would be to put the variable in the body and write a set procedure and a get function.