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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