IF EXISTS for drop table.

what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
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if object_id('tempdb..#temp_item') is not null
drop table #temp_item
AMB
"Grant H via droptable.com" wrote:

> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
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>
|||A sample for the employee table in the Northwind database:
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[Employees]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[Employees]
GO
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
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> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
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|||Use Alejandro's example for temp tables, and Jens' example for permanent
tables.
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> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
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IF EXISTS for drop table.

what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
Message posted via http://www.droptable.comif object_id('tempdb..#temp_item') is not null
drop table #temp_item
AMB
"Grant H via droptable.com" wrote:

> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
> Message posted via http://www.droptable.com
>|||A sample for the employee table in the Northwind database:
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =
object_id(N'[dbo].[Employees]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable
') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[Employees]
GO
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
http://www.sqlserver2005.de
--
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> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
> Message posted via http://www.droptable.com|||Use Alejandro's example for temp tables, and Jens' example for permanent
tables.
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
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> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
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IF EXISTS for drop table.

what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
--
Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.comif object_id('tempdb..#temp_item') is not null
drop table #temp_item
AMB
"Grant H via SQLMonster.com" wrote:
> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
>|||A sample for the employee table in the Northwind database:
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id =object_id(N'[dbo].[Employees]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1)
drop table [dbo].[Employees]
GO
--
HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.
--
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--
"Grant H via SQLMonster.com" <forum@.nospam.SQLMonster.com> schrieb im
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> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
> Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com|||Use Alejandro's example for temp tables, and Jens' example for permanent
tables.
--
Wayne Snyder, MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
www.mariner-usa.com
(Please respond only to the newsgroups.)
I support the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) and it's
community of SQL Server professionals.
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> what is the same statment like this "DROP TEMPORARY TABLE IF EXISTS
> temp_item" for MS SQL? Does MS SQL have "IF EXISTS" function?
> --
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