Check if a SQL table exists

Question

What\'s the best way to check if a table exists in a Sql database in a database independant way?

I came up with:

   bool exists;
   const string sql         


        

Answer 1

In current project on my job I need to write 'data agent' which would support a lot of database types.

So I decided to do next: write a base class with the base (database independent) functionality using virtual methods and override in subclasses all database-specific moments