Check if table exists in SQL Server

Question

I would like this to be the ultimate discussion on how to check if a table exists in SQL Server 2000/2005 using SQL Statements.

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Answer 1

IF EXISTS 
(
    SELECT  * 

    FROM    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES 

    WHERE   TABLE_SCHEMA = 'PutSchemaHere'     
            AND  
            TABLE_NAME   = 'PutTableNameHere'
)

Answer 2

If anyone is trying to do this same thing in linq to sql (or especially linqpad) turn on option to include system tables and views and do this code:

let oSchema = sys.Schemas.FirstOrDefault(s=>s.Name==a.schema )
where oSchema !=null
let o=oSchema!=null?sys.Objects.FirstOrDefault (o => o.Name==a.item && o.Schema_id==oSchema.Schema_id):null
where o!=null

given that you have an object with the name in a property called item, and the schema in a property called schema where the source variable name is a

Answer 3

If you need to work on different databases:

DECLARE @Catalog VARCHAR(255)
SET @Catalog = 'MyDatabase'

DECLARE @Schema VARCHAR(255)
SET @Schema = 'dbo'

DECLARE @Table VARCHAR(255)
SET @Table = 'MyTable'

IF (EXISTS (SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES   
    WHERE TABLE_CATALOG = @Catalog 
      AND TABLE_SCHEMA = @Schema 
      AND TABLE_NAME = @Table))
BEGIN
   --do stuff
END

Answer 4

You can use below code

IF (OBJECT_ID('TableName') IS NOT NULL )
BEGIN
  PRINT 'Table Exists'
END
ELSE
BEGIN 
  PRINT 'Table NOT Exists'
END

Or

IF (EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.tables WHERE [name] = 'TableName'))
BEGIN
  PRINT 'Table Exists'
END
ELSE
BEGIN 
  PRINT 'Table NOT Exists'
END