Test for existence of Table

Can I test for an existing table before issuing the "CREATE TABLE" command?

IF EXISTS employees{
         DROP TABLE employees
}
CREATE TABLE employees

Can you provide an example of this. I couldn't find this in the manual or 
Bruce's book - did I not look hard enough ? :)


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