[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-2973) drop table if exists SQL statement is wrong for PostgreSQL

drop table if exists SQL statement is wrong for PostgreSQL ---------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-2973 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-2973 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.2.5 Environment: Windows XP, Postgres 8.2.5, Hibernate 3.2.5.ga Reporter: Carl Allain Priority: Minor I am using hibernate.connection.driver_class = org.postgresql.Driver When using hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto with create (to get a schema drop + a create) somewhere, Hibernate generates: 09:15:56,575 DEBUG SchemaExport:303 - drop table MESSAGES if exists 09:15:56,575 DEBUG SchemaExport:288 - Unsuccessful: drop table MESSAGES if exists 09:15:56,575 DEBUG SchemaExport:289 - ERROR: syntax error at or near "if" while the 8.2 posgresql doc says: DROP TABLE [ IF EXISTS ] name [, ...] [ CASCADE | RESTRICT ] so it seems the "if exists" is at the wrong place for Postgresql (should be before the table name, not after)