How do I conditionally create a table in Sybase (TSQL)?

Question

OK, so Sybase (12.5.4) will let me do the following to DROP a table if it already exists:

IF EXISTS (
    SELECT 1
    FROM sysobjects
    WHERE name = \'a_t         


        

Answer 1

I haven't tested this, but you could try moving the create table statement into a sproc. You could then conditionally call that sproc based on your existing if statement.

Answer 2

Assign the "CREATE TABLE" statement in a char @variable and then do an EXEC(@variable).

Answer 3

There are no workarounds needed ;)

According to the documentation:

CREATE [ GLOBAL TEMPORARY ] TABLE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] [ owner.]table-name
( { column-definition | table-constraint | pctfree }, ... )
[ { IN | ON } dbspace-name ]
[ ENCRYPTED ]
[ ON COMMIT { DELETE | PRESERVE } ROWS
   | NOT TRANSACTIONAL ]
[ AT location-string ]
[ SHARE BY ALL ]

Just use the IF NOT EXISTS.