dropping non-existent tables - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Walsh, Richard (Richard)
Subject dropping non-existent tables
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Msg-id 73E4F3992055E8429385A496BCCC90EC1073F08E@bg0007avexu1.global.avaya.com
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Re: dropping non-existent tables
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Hi,
I have a problem in that I need to drop non-existent tables in a DDL script. This is in order that the script can re-build a database schema if the tables already exist. However, in Postgres this is proving to be a problem because if the table does not exist then the DDL execution will stop once it gets an error. I know that I can create a custom function that will check the relevant postGres table to see if the table already exists, but I don't want to do this as I would like to keep the DDL as non-proprietary as possible. Anyone any ideas on a work-around for this problem that does not involve creating a custom function.
thanks,
Richie.

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