Re: PLSQL: how to test if a table exists?

In article <bqmunc$9nq$1_at_fata.cs.interbusiness.it>, nobody_at_nowhere.com wrote:

>in a PLSQL script, I want to execute code only if a certain table exists.
>A pseudo-solution could be:
>
>declare
> cursor c1 is select * from notable;
>begin
> open c1;
> if c1%ISOPEN then
> -- statements to execute if table exists
> end if;
>end;
>
>Obviously, the above code is not correct, first of all the script throws an
>execption if "notable" doesn't exist.
>Any workaround?

What's wrong with it raising an exception? Just add some exception handling to end gracefully. Received on Fri Jun 24 2005 - 07:57:27 CDT