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<pre><code id="code-20-40847363-1">IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.Temp_MyTools', 'U') IS NOT NULL
  DROP TABLE Temp_MyTools;</code></pre>
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IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.Temp_MyTools', 'U') IS NOT NULL
  DROP TABLE Temp_MyTools;

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&gt;when I add a field to a table I create in the query<br />
So ... you are trying to delete (i.e. DROP, kill the table, terminate, asta la vista baby, blow away...) a table, but then later on add a column to it? <br />
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By any chance does 'delete' really mean 'remove all rows' from the table, which would be either of these two..<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-40847370-1">DELETE FROM Temp_MyTools
TRUNCATE TABLE Temp_MyTools</code></pre>
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>when I add a field to a table I create in the query
So ... you are trying to delete (i.e. DROP, kill the table, terminate, asta la vista baby, blow away...) a table, but then later on add a column to it?

By any chance does 'delete' really mean 'remove all rows' from the table, which would be either of these two..


DELETE FROM Temp_MyTools
TRUNCATE TABLE Temp_MyTools

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I am trying to delete tables in SQL but it realy does not seem to be deleting them because when I add a field to a table I create in the query it has an error like field name doesnt exist<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-28691902-1">IF EXISTS (SELECT * 
           FROM   information_schema.tables 
           WHERE  table_name = 'Temp_MyTools') 
  DROP TABLE temp_mytools; </code></pre>
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I am trying to delete tables in SQL but it realy does not seem to be deleting them because when I add a field to a table I create in the query it has an error like field name doesnt exist

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