Delete row if table exists SQL

Question

I have a script that drops a load of tables using DROP TABLE IF EXISTS, this works.

There is also a delete in this script to DELETE a row from another table that I d

Answer 1

A question you want to ask yourself (in terms of database design): Why are you trying to delete rows from a table you are not sure exists? If it doesn't, but you expect it does, wouldn't you rather create the table than not delete it?

Anyway, Chris Gesslers answer does exactly what you are asking in SQL Server, but there is some smell here.

The construct in MySQL you can use is

SELECT table_name
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = 'databasename'
AND table_name = 'tablename'

and check for results