La forma mejor y más eficiente es detectar la excepción "tabla no encontrada": esto evita la sobrecarga de verificar si la tabla existe dos veces; y no sufre el problema de que si el DROP falla por alguna otra razón (que podría ser importante) la excepción aún se eleva a la persona que llama:
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLE ' || table_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
ADENDA
Para referencia, aquí están los bloques equivalentes para otros tipos de objetos:
Secuencia
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SEQUENCE ' || sequence_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -2289 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Ver
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP VIEW ' || view_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Desencadenar
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TRIGGER ' || trigger_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4080 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Índice
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP INDEX ' || index_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -1418 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Columna
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TABLE ' || table_name
|| ' DROP COLUMN ' || column_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -904 AND SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Enlace de base de datos
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP DATABASE LINK ' || dblink_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -2024 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Vista materializada
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP MATERIALIZED VIEW ' || mview_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -12003 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Tipo
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TYPE ' || type_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Restricción
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'ALTER TABLE ' || table_name
|| ' DROP CONSTRAINT ' || constraint_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -2443 AND SQLCODE != -942 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Programador de trabajo
BEGIN
DBMS_SCHEDULER.drop_job(job_name);
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -27475 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Usuario / Esquema
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP USER ' || user_name;
/* you may or may not want to add CASCADE */
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -1918 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Paquete
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP PACKAGE ' || package_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Procedimiento
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP PROCEDURE ' || procedure_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Función
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP FUNCTION ' || function_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -4043 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Espacio de tabla
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP TABLESPACE' || tablespace_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -959 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;
Sinónimo
BEGIN
EXECUTE IMMEDIATE 'DROP SYNONYM ' || synonym_name;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
IF SQLCODE != -1434 THEN
RAISE;
END IF;
END;