Re: Create table only if does not exist?

Hi Justin,

this might work in your script:

begin
if not exists (select 1 from systables where table_schema = 'MYLIB' and table_name = 'MYTABLE') then
create table mylib.mytable as (
...
) with data;
end if;
end;

I don't have a session at hand right now - but this should work - maybe with some syntax errors corrected.

SQL compound statements (begin ... end;) do work in SQL scripts - in iACS and in RUNSQLSTM.

HTH
Daniel

Am 03.04.2025 um 17:14 schrieb Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>:

I have a SQL script (running in ACS RSS) with a CREATE TABLE:

create table MyLib.MyTable as (
-- select statement here
) with data;

If the table already exists, I want the script to skip that statement and
just go on. Any suggestions?

Thanks
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