See INDBC() function. Then use REMOVE TABLE to remove the table from the DBC without deleting it from disk. DROP TABLE will delete it from disk.

>Hey, I am wanting to test for a table existing in a dbc. If it is already is there I want to remove it and replace it with a new table. What is the easiest command to do this with? I am not really worried about the replacement, just the testing for it to begin with.
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>Thought about:
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>llexists = !empty(dbgetprop(cdbfname,[table],[path]))
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>But then I have to trap the error if it isn't there.
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>If I am going to do that I might as well do:
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>remove table (cdbftable) recycle && or should I use delete?
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>Then again I have to error trap in case it isn't already there.
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>Also thought about:
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>copy stru exte to tempdbf
>sele 0
>use tempdbf
>loca for allt(field_name) = cdbfname
>llexist = found()
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>But this seems cumbersome.
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>In the back of my mind I have a feeling like there must be a nifty little command I am forgetting that would be simpler that any of these approaches.