Drop table from oracle database if table exist in sql statement [duplicate]

Answer 1

assuming you have the right permissions, you can do something like the below

declare var_count int;
select count(*) INTO var_count
from all_tables where OWNER = [schema] and table_name = "EMPLOYEE";
if var_count > 0 then
begin
drop table employee;
end  

adapt accordingly if you are doing this in front-end code instead of a pl/sql procedure.