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This DROP TABLE IF EXISTS works, too bad that RENAME TABLE IF EXISTS doesn't work.

Can anyone suggest a solution for this query?

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'IF EXISTS video_top_day TO video_top_day_for_delete' at line 1

query:

RENAME TABLE IF EXISTS video_top_day TO video_top_day_for_delete

Answers

I've managed to execute a code that always works and generates no errors when the table doesn't exist:

SELECT Count(*)
INTO @exists
FROM information_schema.tables 
WHERE table_schema = [DATABASE_NAME]
    AND table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
    AND table_name = 'video_top_day';

SET @query = If(@exists>0,
    'RENAME TABLE video_top_day TO video_top_day_for_delete',
    'SELECT \'nothing to rename\' status');

PREPARE stmt FROM @query;

EXECUTE stmt;

When you don't want to replace [DATABASE NAME] manually you can use the following variable

SELECT DATABASE() INTO @db_name FROM DUAL;