Hmmm. It works okay for me, without an error when the tabel doesn't exist.
I'm using mysql Server version 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.1
For example:
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mysql> use lsldatabase;
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Database changed
mysql> show tables;
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| Tables_in_lsldatabase |
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| lslstore |
+-----------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> drop table if exists recipes;
Query OK, 0 rows affected, 1 warning (0.00 sec)
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As you see, the table "recipes" doesn't already exist, and I don't get
an error.
roger.maynard wrote:
> I am finding that
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> DROP TABLE IF EXISTS mytable;
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> Works fine if the table exists - but if it doesn't exist I get an error?
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> Surely it should not error and just not try to drop the table.
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> Is it me?
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