Oracle: If Table Exists

Question

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

Answer 1

I have been looking for the same but I ended up writing a procedure to help me out:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE DelObject(ObjName varchar2,ObjType varchar2)
IS
 v_counter number := 0;   
begin    
  if ObjType = 'TABLE' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from user_tables where table_name = upper(ObjName);
    if v_counter > 0 then          
      execute immediate 'drop table ' || ObjName || ' cascade constraints';        
    end if;   
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'PROCEDURE' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Objects where object_type = 'PROCEDURE' and OBJECT_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP PROCEDURE ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'FUNCTION' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Objects where object_type = 'FUNCTION' and OBJECT_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP FUNCTION ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'TRIGGER' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Triggers where TRIGGER_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP TRIGGER ' || ObjName;
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'VIEW' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from User_Views where VIEW_NAME = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP VIEW ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
  if ObjType = 'SEQUENCE' then
    select count(*) into v_counter from user_sequences where sequence_name = upper(ObjName);
      if v_counter > 0 then          
        execute immediate 'DROP SEQUENCE ' || ObjName;        
      end if; 
  end if;
end;

Hope this helps