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815554385 | MDU6SXNzdWU4MTU1NTQzODU= | 237 | db["my_table"].drop(ignore=True) parameter, plus sqlite-utils drop-table --ignore and drop-view --ignore | 649467 | closed | 0 | 3 | 2021-02-24T14:55:06Z | 2021-02-25T17:11:41Z | 2021-02-25T17:11:41Z | NONE | When I'm generating a derived table in python, I often drop the table and create it from scratch. However, the first time I generate the table, it doesn't exist, so the drop raises an exception. That means more boilerplate. I was going to submit a pull request that adds an "if_exists" option to the However, for a utility like sqlite_utils, perhaps the "IF EXISTS" SQL semantics is what you want most of the time, and thus should be the default. What do you think? |
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