I\'m writing some migration scripts for an Oracle database, and was hoping Oracle had something similar to MySQL\'s IF EXISTS
construct.
Specifically, w
just wanted to post a full code that will create a table and drop it if it already exists using Jeffrey's code (kudos to him, not me!).
BEGIN
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE tablename';
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'CREATE TABLE tablename AS SELECT * FROM sourcetable WHERE 1=0';
END;
I prefer following economic solution
BEGIN
FOR i IN (SELECT NULL FROM USER_OBJECTS WHERE OBJECT_TYPE = 'TABLE' AND OBJECT_NAME = 'TABLE_NAME') LOOP
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE TABLE_NAME';
END LOOP;
END;
With SQL*PLUS you can also use the WHENEVER SQLERROR command:
WHENEVER SQLERROR CONTINUE NONE
DROP TABLE TABLE_NAME;
WHENEVER SQLERROR EXIT SQL.SQLCODE
DROP TABLE TABLE_NAME;
With CONTINUE NONE
an error is reported, but the script will continue. With EXIT SQL.SQLCODE
the script will be terminated in the case of an error.
see also: WHENEVER SQLERROR Docs
Sadly no, there is no such thing as drop if exists, or CREATE IF NOT EXIST
You could write a plsql script to include the logic there.
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B12037_01/server.101/b10759/statements_9003.htm
I'm not much into Oracle Syntax, but i think @Erich's script would be something like this.
declare
cant integer
begin
select into cant count(*) from dba_tables where table_name='Table_name';
if count>0 then
BEGIN
DROP TABLE tableName;
END IF;
END;
The best and most efficient way is to catch the "table not found" exception: this avoids the overhead of checking if the table exists twice; and doesn't suffer from the problem that if the DROP fails for some other reason (that might be important) the exception is still raised to the caller:
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE ' || table_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
ADDENDUM For reference, here are the equivalent blocks for other object types:
Sequence
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE ' || sequence_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -2289 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
View
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP VIEW ' || view_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Trigger
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TRIGGER ' || trigger_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4080 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Index
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP INDEX ' || index_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -1418 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Column
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TABLE ' || table_name
|| ' DROP COLUMN ' || column_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -904 AND SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Database Link
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP DATABASE LINK ' || dblink_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -2024 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Materialized View
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW ' || mview_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -12003 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Type
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TYPE ' || type_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Constraint
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TABLE ' || table_name
|| ' DROP CONSTRAINT ' || constraint_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -2443 AND SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Scheduler Job
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job(job_name);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -27475 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
User / Schema
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP USER ' || user_name;
/* you may or may not want to add CASCADE */
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -1918 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Package
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP PACKAGE ' || package_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Procedure
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP PROCEDURE ' || procedure_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Function
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP FUNCTION ' || function_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Tablespace
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLESPACE' || tablespace_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -959 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Synonym
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SYNONYM ' || synonym_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -1434 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
I prefer to specify the table and the schema owner.
Watch out for case sensitivity as well. (see "upper" clause below).
I threw a couple of different objects in to show that is can be used in places besides TABLEs.
.............
declare
v_counter int;
begin
select count(*) into v_counter from dba_users where upper(username)=upper('UserSchema01');
if v_counter > 0 then
execute immediate 'DROP USER UserSchema01 CASCADE';
end if;
end;
/
CREATE USER UserSchema01 IDENTIFIED BY pa$$word
DEFAULT TABLESPACE users
TEMPORARY TABLESPACE temp
QUOTA UNLIMITED ON users;
grant create session to UserSchema01;
And a TABLE example:
declare
v_counter int;
begin
select count(*) into v_counter from all_tables where upper(TABLE_NAME)=upper('ORDERS') and upper(OWNER)=upper('UserSchema01');
if v_counter > 0 then
execute immediate 'DROP TABLE UserSchema01.ORDERS';
end if;
end;
/