How to find a table existed or not?

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How to find a table existed or not?

y Zhang

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January 11, 2008 at 6:31 pm

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In SQL 2000, there is a system table called sysobjects that contains table name in a database, which gives us info about a table existed or not. In SQL 2005, the system table is no there anymore. Is there a better way in SQL 2005 to detect table existed, ideally, from C# code?

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y Zhang SSC Enthusiast Points: 130 More actions · Answer 1

Sorry I accidently post it twice. I tried to delete it but could not.

dbaker-620086 SSCrazy Points: 2336 More actions · Answer 2

sysobjects still exists in SQL2005 as a migration, but is a VIEW

- you can see it in SSMS under system views

not sure if is still [will be] in SQL2008 as MS deprecated its usage

programatically you can use SMO or WMI or plain ADO object models

- or even ADOX if you use ADO (classic)

HTH

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004409 More actions · Answer 3

"New" view, available in 2k5, is called sys.Objects and will likely be available in 2k8, as well.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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