diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue b/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue
index c8073550f..0555e2c89 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/components/structure/TableStructureEditor.vue
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import type { TableInfoTab, TableStructureEditorDraft, TableStructureEditorTarge
 import {
   applyManticoreDdlColumnExtras,
   buildStructureTargetLabel,
+  canEditStructuredTriggerDraft,
   canEditManticoreColumnProperties,
   combineDataTypeForDatabase,
   combineDataTypeForDatabaseWithLengthUnit,
@@ -2158,7 +2159,7 @@ function toggleDropTrigger(trigger: EditableStructureTrigger) {
 }
 
 function canEditTriggerDraft(trigger: EditableStructureTrigger): boolean {
-  return !triggersLoading.value && canEditTriggers.value && !trigger.markedForDrop;
+  return !triggersLoading.value && canEditTriggers.value && !trigger.markedForDrop && canEditStructuredTriggerDraft(databaseType.value, trigger);
 }
 
 function primarySqlOperation(sql: string): string {
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/tableStructureEditorState.spec.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/tableStructureEditorState.spec.ts
index c6f113040..8e403fc53 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/tableStructureEditorState.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/__tests__/table/tableStructureEditorState.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
+  canEditStructuredTriggerDraft,
   combineDataTypeForDatabase,
   combineDataTypeForDatabaseWithLengthUnit,
   createColumnDrafts,
+  createTriggerDrafts,
   dataTypeLengthInputValue,
   dataTypeLengthUnitValue,
   DATA_TYPE_OPTIONS,
@@ -24,6 +26,25 @@ import {
 } from "@/lib/table/tableStructureEditorState";
 
 describe("tableStructureEditorState", () => {
+  it("keeps existing Oracle trigger drafts read-only until full source editing is available", () => {
+    const [existing] = createTriggerDrafts([{ name: "ORDERS_AUDIT", timing: "AFTER EACH ROW", event: "INSERT OR UPDATE", statement: "BEGIN NULL; END;" }]);
+    if (!existing) throw new Error("expected an existing trigger draft");
+
+    expect(canEditStructuredTriggerDraft("oracle", existing)).toBe(false);
+    expect(canEditStructuredTriggerDraft(undefined, existing)).toBe(false);
+    expect(canEditStructuredTriggerDraft("mysql", existing)).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      canEditStructuredTriggerDraft("oracle", {
+        id: "new:trigger",
+        name: "ORDERS_AUDIT",
+        timing: "AFTER EACH ROW",
+        event: "INSERT",
+        statement: "BEGIN NULL; END;",
+        markedForDrop: false,
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it("hydrates Kingbase type parameters returned separately from the data type", () => {
     const columns = createColumnDrafts(
       [
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src/lib/table/tableStructureEditorState.ts b/apps/desktop/src/lib/table/tableStructureEditorState.ts
index 64fa728fd..1c7ff3b20 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src/lib/table/tableStructureEditorState.ts
+++ b/apps/desktop/src/lib/table/tableStructureEditorState.ts
@@ -816,6 +816,10 @@ export function createTriggerDrafts(triggers: TriggerInfo[]): EditableStructureT
   }));
 }
 
+export function canEditStructuredTriggerDraft(databaseType: DatabaseType | undefined, trigger: EditableStructureTrigger): boolean {
+  return !trigger.original || (databaseType !== undefined && databaseType !== "oracle");
+}
+
 export function toColumnNames(columns: string[]): string {
   return columns.join(", ");
 }
diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/tests.rs b/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/tests.rs
index f08f701d0..83db210e3 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/tests.rs
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@ fn builds_mysql_trigger_changes() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn builds_oracle_multi_event_row_trigger_change() {
+fn rejects_editing_existing_oracle_trigger_without_complete_source() {
     let mut existing = trigger(
         "DBX_TRIGGER_4320_AUDIT",
         "AFTER EACH ROW",
@@ -3350,12 +3350,10 @@ fn builds_oracle_multi_event_row_trigger_change() {
         original_table_comment: None,
     });
 
-    assert_eq!(result.warnings, Vec::<String>::new());
+    assert!(result.statements.is_empty());
     assert_eq!(
-        result.statements,
-        vec![
-            "CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER \"APP\".\"DBX_TRIGGER_4320_AUDIT\" AFTER INSERT OR UPDATE OR DELETE ON \"APP\".\"DBX_TRIGGER_4320\"\nFOR EACH ROW\nDECLARE\n  v_event VARCHAR2(10);\nBEGIN\n  v_event := CASE WHEN INSERTING THEN 'INSERT' WHEN UPDATING THEN 'UPDATE' ELSE 'DELETE' END;\nEND;",
-        ]
+        result.warnings,
+        vec!["Editing existing Oracle trigger \"DBX_TRIGGER_4320_AUDIT\" requires its complete source definition."]
     );
 }
 
@@ -3383,14 +3381,15 @@ fn builds_oracle_statement_trigger_without_row_clause() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn renaming_oracle_trigger_drops_old_name_before_create() {
-    let mut existing = trigger("ORDERS_AUDIT_V2", "AFTER EACH ROW", "INSERT", "BEGIN\n  NULL;\nEND;");
+fn drops_existing_oracle_trigger_without_reconstructing_it() {
+    let mut existing = trigger("ORDERS_AUDIT", "AFTER EACH ROW", "INSERT", "BEGIN\n  NULL;\nEND;");
     existing.original = Some(TriggerInfo {
         name: "ORDERS_AUDIT".to_string(),
         event: "INSERT".to_string(),
         timing: "AFTER EACH ROW".to_string(),
         statement: Some("BEGIN\n  NULL;\nEND;".to_string()),
     });
+    existing.marked_for_drop = true;
 
     let result = build_table_structure_change_sql(TableStructureSqlOptions {
         database_type: Some(DatabaseType::Oracle),
@@ -3405,13 +3404,7 @@ fn renaming_oracle_trigger_drops_old_name_before_create() {
     });
 
     assert_eq!(result.warnings, Vec::<String>::new());
-    assert_eq!(
-        result.statements,
-        vec![
-            "DROP TRIGGER \"APP\".\"ORDERS_AUDIT\";",
-            "CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER \"APP\".\"ORDERS_AUDIT_V2\" AFTER INSERT ON \"APP\".\"ORDERS\"\nFOR EACH ROW\nBEGIN\n  NULL;\nEND;",
-        ]
-    );
+    assert_eq!(result.statements, vec!["DROP TRIGGER \"APP\".\"ORDERS_AUDIT\";"]);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/triggers.rs b/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/triggers.rs
index e38211d45..420bfac66 100644
--- a/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/triggers.rs
+++ b/crates/dbx-core/src/table_structure_sql/triggers.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ pub(super) fn build_trigger_sql(options: &TableStructureSqlOptions, warnings: &m
         }
 
         if let Some(original) = &trigger.original {
+            if dialect == StructureDialect::Oracle {
+                if has_trigger_change(trigger, original) {
+                    warnings.push(format!(
+                        "Editing existing Oracle trigger \"{}\" requires its complete source definition.",
+                        original.name
+                    ));
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
             if !has_trigger_change(trigger, original) {
                 continue;
             }