> > I would like to add a script that does a "DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION SQRT".
> >
> > The problem I have is that some of the databases that will run this script
> already have the UDF dropped and so the script errors.
> >
> > Is there a way to run statements like DROP INDEX, DROP EXTERNAL
> FUNCTION, etc. in a script without generating an error of the object isn't
> found?
>
> In a pure SQL script, I wouldn't know.

This should do:

EXECUTE BLOCK
AS
BEGIN
IF (EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM RDB$Functions WHERE RDB$FunctionName = 'SQRT') ) THEN
EXECUTE STATEMENT 'DROP EXTERNAL FUNCTION SQRT';

END



Sean