I'm writing a database tools application and a portion of my code depends on whether or not a table exists in the database. Is there any way i can test for this? I have not been able to find any methods in the API.
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Hello, There are numerous methods in the DatabaseMetaData inteface for querying for existing tables, schemas, stored procedures, etc. If the jdbc driver of your database doesn't support it, you can use a direct SQL query on the database metadata (e.g. "select table_name from user_tables" in Oracle) but then you lose portability. Hope this helps.
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