This article discusses the “DROP IF EXISTS” statement available in SQL Server 2016 and later versions. “IF EXITS” is the latest optional clause added in the existing DROP statement in SQL Server 2016 ...

General rules of <drop table statement> in the SQL Standard say that only constraint must be dropped with CASCADE clause. I'll take a look on it later, most likely we have other problems in this area.

This is not a bug per se, but more a general wondering or request. When i want to export tables from an MariaDB 10.4 database, i can select the option to drop the tables if they exists. That's nice, ...