SQL to check if database is empty (no tables)

Question

I need to check if a database is totally empty (no tables) using an SQL query. How can this be done?

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

If you're using SQL Server 2005 or greater, you can use one of the system views to acheive this for the current db:

select Count(*)
from sys.tables
where [type] = 'U'