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Re: drop table if exists mytable;

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Anton Melser <melser.anton@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb:

> Hi,
> I need to do a "drop table if exists" type thing. I realise I can

Install 8.2 or use this function, posted by David Fetter:

--
-- posted by David Fetter
--
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION drop_table(TEXT)
RETURNS VOID
STRICT
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
BEGIN
    BEGIN
    EXECUTE 'DROP TABLE ' || $1;
    EXCEPTION WHEN UNDEFINED_TABLE THEN
        /* do nothing */
    RETURN;
    END;
RETURN;
END;
$$;


Andreas
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