Re: if exists?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vincent Stoessel"

> Is there an sql query that I can use on postgres that will tell
> me if a table exists?

select relname
from pg_class
where relowner = (select usesysid
from pg_user
where usename='USERNAME')
and relkind='r';

...will give u the list of all tables owned by user USERNAME

so something like:

select count(*)
from pg_class
where relname = 'TABLENAME'
and relkind='r'
and relowner = (select usesysid
from pg_user
where usename='USERNAME');

...will return 0 if the table does not exist

hth,

Marin

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