Why does my raw query to count rows always returns -1?

Question

I\'m trying to check if table exists, but not working correctly.

For some reason, count always returns -1. I already have a table in the database. It should return

Answer 1

ExecuteStoreQuery Directly Execute Commands Against the Data Source.

int result = entity.ExecuteStoreQuery(@"
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.tables WHERE name = 'TableName') 
    SELECT 1
ELSE
    SELECT 0
").SingleOrDefault();

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