# Are automatic badge triggers still available?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-automatic-badge-triggers-still-available/50284
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** sql-triggered-badge
**Created:** [September 18, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-automatic-badge-triggers-still-available/50284 "2016-09-18T03:05:11Z")
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### Author: ![tobiaseigen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tobiaseigen/32/539204_2.png) [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-automatic-badge-triggers-still-available/50284/2 "2016-09-18T03:09:58Z")

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yeah - you have to enable them from the command line first, though. see this topic.

> [@Enable Badge SQL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/badge-sql-can-no-longer-be-edited-by-default/47894):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to enable Badge SQL in Discourse and discusses the associated security and performance risks. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator warning Enabling Badge SQL can pose security and performance risks. To maintain security and performance integrity, as of Discourse 1.6, the ability for administrators to edit badge SQL directly is disabled by default. The two primary concerns around enabling Badge SQL are: Security: Allowing direct SQL…

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