Postgresql: how to create table only if it does not already exist?

Question

In Postgresql, how can I do a condition to create a table only if it does not already exist?

Code example appreciated.

Answer 1

Try running a query on the table. If it throws an exception then catch the exception and create a new table.

try {
    int a =  db.queryForInt("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM USERS;");
}
catch (Exception e) {
    System.out.print(e.toString());
    db.update("CREATE TABLE USERS (" +
                "id SERIAL," +
                "PRIMARY KEY(id)," +
                "name varchar(30) NOT NULL," +
                "email varchar(30) NOT NULL," +
                "username varchar(30) NOT NULL," +
                "password varchar(30) NOT NULL" +
                ");");
}
return db;