Check table exist or not before create it in Oracle

Question

Trying to check is table exist before create in Oracle. Search for most of the post from Stackoverflow and others too. Find some query but it didn\'t work for me.

Answer 1

Please try:

SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
DECLARE
v_emp int:=0;
BEGIN
  SELECT count(*) into v_emp FROM dba_tables where table_name = 'EMPLOYEE'; 

  if v_emp<=0 then
     EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'create table EMPLOYEE ( ID NUMBER(3), NAME VARCHAR2(30) NOT NULL)';
  end if;
END;