checking for existence of a table in plpgsql.

hi,

here i use postgresql 7.2.

how can one know that a particular table exists or not in plpgsql?

need is something like this..
from plpgsql, i wish to insert a record in a table (create and insert,
if not exists).

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create function ftest()
returns int as 'declare

begin

if <table exists> then
insert into <table> (...) values (...);
else
create <table> (...);
insert into <table> (...) values (...);
end if;

return row_count;
end;'
language 'plpgsql';

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hope to get some lights.

Regards,
Bhuvaneswaran.