This DROP TABLE IF EXISTS works, too bad that RENAME TABLE IF EXISTS doesn't work.
Can anyone suggest a solution for this query?
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'IF EXISTS video_top_day TO video_top_day_for_delete' at line 1
query:
RENAME TABLE IF EXISTS video_top_day TO video_top_day_for_delete
解决方案
I've managed to execute a code that always works and generates no errors when the table doesn't exist:
SELECT Count(*)
INTO @exists
FROM information_schema.tables
WHERE table_schema = [DATABASE_NAME]
AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
AND table_name = 'video_top_day';
SET @query = If(@exists>0,
'RENAME TABLE video_top_day TO video_top_day_for_delete',
'SELECT \'nothing to rename\' status');
PREPARE stmt FROM @query;
EXECUTE stmt;
When you don't want to replace [DATABASE NAME] manually you can use the following variable
SELECT DATABASE() INTO @db_name FROM DUAL;