Drop existing table in SQLite, when IF EXISTS operator is not supported

Question

My version of SQLite does not support the IF EXISTS operator. How can I drop a table which may or may not exist without getting an error slapped at me?

Answer 1

You could somehow use the metadata table in your query to find out if the table exist:

SELECT count(*) > 0 FROM sqlite_master where tbl_name = "" and type="table"