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how to "drop index if exists "

how to "drop index if exists "

2007-12-03       - By Rob Wultsch

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On Nov 29, 2007 4:34 AM, Adam Lipscombe <adam.lipscombe@(protected)> wrote:
> Folks
>
>
> How can one conditionally drop an index in MySQL?
>
> Googling shows that the "drop index" does not support an "if exists"
qualifier - apparently a bug
> has been raised but as far as I know its not fixed yet.
>
> Does anyone know of a work-around?
>
> TIA - Adam
>

Sent my first response late at night and not the community... And the
response  also sucked.
DROP INDEX is mapped to ALTER TABLE tbl_name
DROP INDEX.
ALTER IGNORE TABLE tbl_name
DROP INDEX ought to be functionally equivalent to IF EXISTS. What is your goal?

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