[DRILL-5952] Implement "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS"

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.11.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.12.0
• Component/s: SQL Parser
• Labels: doc-impacting ready-to-commit
• Assignee: Prasad Nagaraj Subramanya
• Reporter: Prasad Nagaraj Subramanya
• Reviewer: Arina Ielchiieva
• Created: 11/Nov/17 00:04
• Updated: 28/Dec/17 18:48
• Resolved: 26/Nov/17 16:11

Description

Currently, if a table/view with the same name exists CREATE TABLE fails with VALIDATION ERROR

Having "IF NOT EXISTS" support for CREATE TABLE will ensure that query succeeds

Also the same functionality was added for views.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #1033