Invalid column name problem???

Hi i am trying to create an 'item table' with the following code:

--Creation of Item Table
DROP TABLE ITEM CASCADE CONSTRAINTS;
CREATE TABLE ITEM(
ITEMID          NUMBER(6),      NOT NULL
--ITEMDESC      VARCHAR2(30)    NOT NULL,
);

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ANd i get get the error message:

SQL> @table.sql
DROP TABLE ITEM CASCADE CONSTRAINTS
           *
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00942: table or view does not exist


ITEMID          NUMBER(6),      NOT NULL
                                *
ERROR at line 2:
ORA-00904: invalid column name

Code (markup):

 

use IF NOT EXISTS

put that around the drop and you should be fine...I think lol