Re: drop if exists - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: drop if exists
Date
Msg-id 200511161638.jAGGcEr17235@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: drop if exists  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Removed from queue.  Andrew is committing it.

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> OK, now it looks like this:
>
> andrew=# drop table blurflx;
> ERROR:  table "blurflx" does not exist
> andrew=# drop table if exists blurflx;
> NOTICE:  table "blurflx" does not exist, skipping
> DROP TABLE
> andrew=# create table blurflx ( x text);
> CREATE TABLE
> andrew=# drop table if exists blurflx;
> DROP TABLE
> andrew=# drop table blurflx;
> ERROR:  table "blurflx" does not exist
> andrew=#
>
> revised patch attached.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
>
> >Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >>andrew=# drop table blurflx;
> >>ERROR:  table "blurflx" does not exist
> >>andrew=# drop table if exists blurflx;
> >>DROP TABLE
> >>
> >>
> >
> >If I read MySQL's documentation correctly, they emit a NOTE (equivalent
> >of a NOTICE message I suppose) when IF EXISTS does nothing because the
> >table doesn't exist.  Seems like we should do likewise --- your second
> >example here seems actively misleading.  That is, I'd rather see
> >
> >andrew=# drop table if exists blurflx;
> >NOTICE:  table "blurflx" does not exist, skipping
> >DROP TABLE
> >
> >
> >            regards, tom lane
> >
> >
> >


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