From: Mischa <mischa.Sandberg@telus.net>
To: Philippe Lang <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: DROP TYPE without error?
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:03:27 -0700
Message-ID: <1112817807.4254408fecadc@webmail.telus.net> (raw)
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Quoting Philippe Lang <philippe.lang@attiksystem.ch>:
> Since it is not possible to use CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE, is there a way
> of using DROP TYPE on a non-existing type, without causing the entire
> script to abort? It may sound crazy to ask for this, but it could be
> really useful in my case, where Pl/Pgsql and Pl/Perl code is being
> generated automatically, based on data found in a database.
I've got a similar request for other objects that do/do not exist.
Maybe it's just that I got lazy using MSSQL, but it sure was convenient
to have:
IF object_id('WorkTable') IS NULL
CREATE TABLE WorkTable(...
etc.
Given that you cannot just execute an anonymous block of PL/PGSQL code,
where you could do the test AND the create ...
--
"Dreams come true, not free."
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