>I have a script that tries to drop a table that may not exist and I
> want to ignore the resulting error. begin end blocks and if statement
> don't seem to be allowed outside procedures and triggers. Any other
> way this can be done ?

Since you did not mentioned the tool you are using for executing the script,
I expect it is standard isql. In that case you do not need to do anything -
even if the error occur, the script will continue.

Ivan