My script can't execute Drop table command SQL Server 2008
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28-10-2019 - |
Question
I have a script which has a DROP TABLE command like this:
IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID('msdb.dbo.lobloblob') AND type in (N'U'))
DROP TABLE msdb.dbo.lobloblob
CREATE TABLE msdb.dbo.lobloblob
....
this command execute properly. but in script the drop command doesn't execute and propose this error
There is already an object named 'msdb.dbo.lobloblob' in the database
Solution
Try
IF OBJECT_ID('msdb.dbo.lobloblob', 'U') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE msdb.dbo.lobloblob;
CREATE TABLE msdb.dbo.lobloblob (...);
instead. I presume you are running this script from the context of a database other than msdb
so it won't be in sys.objects
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