Brad Berens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've googled for this but all I can find is create statements so I'm hoping > someone can just give me a quick answer. I'm trying to write some db > creation scripts. Normally in MSSQL I would use an if exists from the > system tables to check whether or not to run a drop before creating the > table. I found the sys.systables info about derby, but I can't seem to get > the if clause working for that. > > > IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.systables WHERE tablename='[tablename]') DROP > TABLE [tablename];
IF EXISTS is a non-std extension AFAICT. You can do this portably by using DatabaseMetaData.getTables(...). It is a bit more work so you might want to wrap it in a java method. -- dt
