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I know this is similar to this question, but I'm using SQL Server CE 3.5 with a WinForms project in C#. How can I determine whether a table exists? I know the IF keyword is not supported, though EXISTS is. Does information_schema exist in CE where I can query against it? Thanks.
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To check if a table exists in SQL Server, you can use the INFORMATION_SCHEMA. TABLES table. You can use this table with an IF THEN clause do determine how your query responds whether or not a table exists.
To check if table exists in a database you need to use a Select statement on the information schema TABLES or you can use the metadata function OBJECT_ID(). The INFORMATION_SCHEMA. TABLES returns one row for each table in the current database.
Yes, it does exist:
SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'TableName'
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